June 4th, 2019
4 Jun 2019 · page 901 of 1306
Sorry this one was a little late!
Cast: Dr Esther Flack, Eliza Swift, Robert Hackett, Vincent Knott, Will Sharpe
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I like that both of the guys immediately jumped to help Eliza, even Sharpe, who's historically selfish and has only know these people for a few hours! They're really a good team
I am concerned, though, by the risk that he may be saving her into the pit.
Hmm.
If that's a bottomless pit...
In Widdershins...
What if the other end comes out the exact opposite side of the world, like Eliza's bullet experiment?
Just a thought.
Paging Randall Munroe! Hypothetical for Mr. Munroe....
=D
The pure-physics answer involves them getting stuck in the center, possibly dead from the extreme heat.
However, this is a magical area, so it might instead by a proper magical transport that delivers them safely regardless of physics.
You guys ever read anything by Edward Page Mitchell? There's an eccentric genius who likes to deal with his creditors that way. First time they fall back, he offers to pull them out if they agree to void his debts. Each time they say no, they lose a little bit of momentum.
Unfortunately, due to air resistance, they wouldn't make it back a first time. The human body reaches terminal velocity after about 5-6 seconds of falling, after that, they are no longer building momentum.
Eliza said that the opposite side from Widdershins was the Pacific Ocean anchor. That means that the other end would be where Harry is!
So it would :)
I'm expecting Mrs Luxuria and Dr Flack to turn up on the Mysterious Third Anchor and be the Villains in volume 9. This also gives Ms Barber an easy route home.
Which would also mean that the Pacific Ocean would have flowed up through the hole and would have filled it to sea level.
The hole would be full of water. Perhaps even sharks...
Love triangle in the making ?
Nah, she and Knotty are besties.
Also, a significant fraction of all transfolk are sexually attracted to persons of their actual gender. In that case, Eliza wouldn't be interested in either Knotty or the Fop.
That doesn't logically follow. If Eliza's attracted to other women, that doesn't inherently mean she's not attracted to men.
gotta say I'm not reading that one at all
I'm not even sure which way you think that triangle is pointing.
of course, toward Knotty
Watching a new group of Widdershins protagonists slowly progress from antagonistic bickering to undying loyalty is a true joy in life, isn't it?
Oh my, that's some sweet simultaneous saving right there.
Don't you worry that it's a lil' late, you go take your time :) You deserve it.
Damn right the entire world jumps to save Eliza.
Fine team work! :)
This is why you never, ever, drop the gun in a hostage situation. Ever.
You should never drop a gun period. The drop might cause the gun to go off.
That sounds potentially useful, in certain niche scenarios.
Throwing your gun is surprisingly useful with that in mind. While yes, it is extremely dangerous, no one wants to be the unlucky person to be struck by a misfire. Very distracting.
This might wake the mayor...
Future mayor, technically. Probably by default, if things keep going the way they're going.
Advice for villains: don't let go of your hostage assuming that the pointy thing aimed at his neck will keep him from doing anything you don't want him to.
Everyone in this situation screwed up so badly. It's like none of them have any past experience with hostage situations...
Sharpe didn't really do much wrong.
And Rana's doing okay.
Sharpe might screw up still. Look at the last panel... he might just be pushing Eliza into the pit right now.
I dunno, Mayor McSleaze did a fairly competent job of picking the gun up off the floor and handing it to her. Kept his finger well away from the trigger guard and everything.
Though giving the gun to the woman who already had her hands full doesn't seem like a very smart choice, in hindsight.
Not that way. Will, not that way! You’re gonna fall off the edge!
Ehhh, his arm is across her and we see the back of his hand. We also see the bottom of her shoe. It looks to me like he lunged towards her but is using that momentum to shove her backwards.
Unfortunately, if I'm reading the action and likely plot developments right, she'll end up safely on her butt, but he'll keep going and probably end up dangling over the edge, clinging to it with his non-leading hand.
My logic:
1) Knott was in immediate peril because of Sharpe, and Eliza saved him by shooting the cuff.
2) Eliza is in immediate peril because of Knott (she wouldn't have put down the gun otherwise), and Sharpe is saving her.
3) Third stage would be Sharpe in peril because of (saving) Eliza, and I suppose that means Knott has to be the one to save him (possibly/probably with Eliza's help, but I'll bet Knott's the one to reach out first) :)
I could be totally off of course! But that's my bet.
I don't believe Flack has ever handled a gun before. I've never handled a gun before, and even I can tell she has terrible stance.
She's also holding a knife. And an enemy. That's at least four hands worth of things she's holding, so it's no wonder she's holding them all poorly.
Too smug this woman is was, it seems to me.
I guess she saw who the real danger was.
I mean I get her not needing eliza but if she kills vince it would be rather hard to kill will
I was thinking about that. What happens if the hangman shows up dead? Actually, does Flack even know who Knotty really is?
"You - you're that lawyer from earlier! The one that was visiting Sharpe!"
There's still his father.
That's a swift rescue, but I'm really concerned about the direction their tumbling towards O.o
If they fall down it would really be the pits ^^;
The big advantage of having an office with a conveniently placed toss-and-forget unit is you don't mind how much mess you make.
I can't help but remember somebody who recently arrived at some magic location opposite to some other magic location--for all I can tell she'll come climbing UP out of the hole at any moment, if she isn't waiting on the other side of the world to greet whoever falls in.
The mind allocates certain amounts of mental resources to specific tasks during conscious activity depending on the technical requirements of said tasks. This can result in the drop in performances for previous tasks when a new action takes attention away. Case in point: It is quite difficult to mind a hostage while aiming a gun at someone, even if you have a knife to their neck.
A comic is never late. it arrives precisely when it means to.
Awww, they both tried to help at the same time, good thing, since either one would have been screwed alone.
soo, think the future mayor lady will wake up soon ?
Eliza can hit the chainlink on a hand cuff from a longer distance than this. She should have never dropped the gun.
Knotty finally takes a hand! Well played, Mr. Hangman!
I'm pretty sure in the last panel she's actually looking down at her arm/Knott, but I was amused by my initial impression that she was rolling her eyes up in sheer exasperation at all these shenanigans!
Should've taken the mayor hostage.