July 5th, 2019
5 Jul 2019 · page 910 of 1306
Nice day for it.
Cast: Eliza Swift, Will Sharpe, Yasmin Rana
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I recognise that braid...
And she is unhappy with the protesters, it seems.
Also there is the female couple from Eliza's society with a protest placard in the second panel.
There's always somebody protesting anything of importance. (Not to say they're always right or always wrong, but protests are inevitable. Also counter-protests if it's big enough.)
To be fair, there are also people willing to protest things that are completely unimportant. This seems to happen more frequently in the US, but at least we get a chuckle out of it from time to time.
It's protestors... unless she's angry specifically with the Christians of the crowd.
Protest*e*rs, I think. :) Fixed.
In my defence, En-Ru Lingvo Online gave me that meaning for the word "protestant".
Isn't that red haired officer also the one who was there when Wrath attacked? The one who tackled Sid when Wrath bust in?
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I think you're right! (Your link seems to be broken, btw, so here it is again: [https://widdershinscomic.co...](https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/november-25th-2016 "https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/november-25th-2016") )
Jimmy Olsen! :)
Braid AND tiny hair squiggle.
Showing up to your own hanging is kind of brilliant because no one will believe it's you.
Bit of a disappointing turnout. When They hang me, I hope I get a bigger crowd than that. Must be the rain that's put people off.
Or 8 am.
Half way through the morning...
Just as it should be. ;-)
Are you one of those people who won't get up till 11?
Me and O'Malley, yes. :)
Right there with you, Sturz. I plan to have a ravening crowd screaming for my blood. <3
Don't forget to have a good rant back at them for your final words.
I could never surpass this one French aristocrat who was shown his death warrant just before being guillotined. His last words were: "I see that you have made three spelling mistakes."
hahahaohlord, that would be me. I would be SO insulted that my death warrant was done so carelessly.
Heil Webster ^_^
Let me guess. He was being guillotined for going round correcting incorrect apostrophe’s.
No, I think he was just guilty of being an aristo. This was during the height of the French Revolution IIRC. By the way I looked it up, and it was this dude: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Mahy,_marquis_de_Favras "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Mahy,_marquis_de_Favras")
Late to the party, but I've only just found the reference: The last words of the writer Chin Shengt'an to the Duke of Ch'in, before he was executed for protesting the taxes on the poor: "Eat pickled walnuts with yellow beans, It gives the taste of walnut." From Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart.
Great, now it's stuck in my head:
(Being led up to the gallows)
Jeager - "Haff you effer been to one ov zhese before, kiddo? Zhe shouting, zhe jeering, wimmen and keeds joining in on zhe boodsport? Is gruesome display ov all zhat is vorst in humanity!"
(When they get up there, there are only a somber few who have come to watch)
Jeager - "Boo! Boo! Ve vant a show!"
So tragic!
Ja vell, hangink uz Jaegers iz not alvays az much fun az hyu might think:
[http://www.girlgeniusonline...](http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050516 "http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050516")
No vunder novun turned op.
Hmm, to stop Knott's adventure from coming to a low end I wonder if that enchanted enchanting politician will play a part
Also, am I the only one worried someone will spot Sharpe and 1) Get him in trouble with the police, or 2) Toggle on the rage buttons of a few attendees :/
Speaking of police, hi there familiar hairstyle of a certain grumpy sibling :3
I got it as Eliza and Sharpe went through the another, public entrance, and so they can't see Rana (yet).
I hope they spot her at last, and Sharpe say Un-Flacking Word to free her from enchantment.
Most of the characters seem to be under the impression that the people at the hanging would not know what Sharpe looks like, so him being spotted might not be that big a threat (unless it's by a named character)
Seconding what friendlymosquito said. It seems like anyone who does know what he looks like save for Flack (and the current Mayor if he's there) won't be at the hanging. I think the students back in the U said they wouldn't go and that his parents weren't going to be there.
Wasn't that while the students were still Flacked? Now that they are free of the excessive reaction against him, they might exhibit some curiosity.
Yes. Sharpe really shouldn't be hanging around there.
I'll see myself out.
I must be tired 'cause I had to read your comment a couple times to get it.
Not bad. /slowclap
All these puns really have me at the end of my rope.
Really, the protesters have it right: no noose is good noose.
If and when Will reveals himself, it will be a sudden, if brief, surprise to nearly all present. It would be a short Sharpe-shock, if you will.
Sounds like they're one-upping Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. :P
I'm hoping to show up to witness my own exhumation and posthumous execution
I wonder if that's Rana's husband trying to get her moving in panel 2, since he's calling her "Yaz" and "love".
IRRC "love" isn't always romantic but it's a close friend at least.
while that is true, in this case they're married! they have three (adult) children and one (large drooly) dog.
I'd take bets on which of those the readership most wants to meet, but I've seen enough "good doggo" memes to already know the answer.
Maybe Rana's dog can make friends with Gren.
Or some of Edmund's dogs!!
Wait so those stairs led out of that magic place just like that? I mean I guess they fell down and the stairs went up, so lucky them I guess.
I got the impression that they walked here from the university. Widdershins seems like most things are in reasonable walking distance. The great escape was [eight hours ago](https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/november-20th-2018 "https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/november-20th-2018"), and Rana got Flacked. That's enough time for an hour wandering the depths with an hour left to book it to the gallows.
Shoot, that ate my link. I meant that [Rana got Flacked at 6am.](https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/april-12th-2019 "https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/april-12th-2019")
I was just assuming the stairs would be going somewhere special instead of just... back up.
when you are stuck in a pit, "out of the pit" is a pretty special place to go
No, "out of the pit" is a great place to go. Digging yourself deeper...now that's a special place to go.
couldn't they go over and give the cancel word, just for the hell of it?
This would be the perfect time for Sharpe to run onto the platform. "Ladies and Gentlemen! That man is an imposter! I'm the real William Sharpe!"
Might get him into trouble in the long run, but should at least delay things for a while.
I appreciate the presence of a certain police captian preforming crowd control.
I was just re-reading this comic.. again, and thinking this would make a great TV series. Have you gotten any offers Kate?
haha heck no. dunno what I'd do with myself if I did! Glad you think it's up to it though!
Inevitable fandom discussion of who would be best for what role in 3, 2, 1....
said it before but dev patel is the perfect sid, and lucy punch is 100% verity. that's all i have though!