March 22nd, 2019
22 Mar 2019 · page 884 of 1306
Does she have a plan beyond 'cheap shot with a broom'? The answer is no
Cast: Eliza Swift, Vincent Knott, Will Sharpe
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Eliza's definitely gonna have to pop Knotty's shoulder back into place. If it's not dislocated now it will be in a minute.
"Cheap shot with a broom" is easily the most well-thought-out plan in this entire chapter though.
I bet Knotty would agree with you.
Yeah, don't knock "cheap shot with a broom". It's a classic.
Slightly below "half a brick in a sock" though...
A clang well clanged... but really, Eliza, you're the one who sent them up into the ventilation shaft in the first place.
Ah, but that would need to be wielded by a wizzard, then.
I'd have thought half a brick in a sock to be very good if you want to kill someone, but not so good if you don't. And I don't think Eliza is really here to drum up business for Knotty.
Not so much a plan, more of a theme, but damn if it isn't useful in a pinch.
...they're jealous of his hair, lol
(me too. a bit)
THEYRE JEALOUS OF HIS HAIR
THATS HILARIOUS
i dont blame them.
Person 1: "Off with his hair!"
Person 2: "Don't you mean his head?"
Person 1: "That too!"
Also, this is the second time today I've seen someone in a webcomic being saved by a broom wielding heroine - Truly a mighty weapon ^_^
eliza + broom girl = ultimate team-up
That would be greatest crossover ever :D
superbia and invidia already showed up in NS! think alexa was in the bakery tetsu works in at one point too. and if you have the book for Find the Lady, phil and lucy are attending izzy and henry's wedding :3
Hmm, while I've seen the others (and have the book, it's awesome ^^) I must admit I'm drawing a blank on when Superbia & Invidia appeared ^^;
Also, I have to ask Kate - Was that pun in Panel 2 intended or just a happy accident? ^_^
Yea, I don't remember the Superbia and Invidia cameos.
EDIT:
Oh, by NS, you meant Never Satisfied (which I haven't read although it's been on my list for awhile). I thought you meant Namesake:P
it was intentional! also superbia and invidia were hanging out with fidelia because they're classy like that [http://www.neversatisfiedco...](http://www.neversatisfiedcomic.com/comic/chapter-4-page-69 "http://www.neversatisfiedcomic.com/comic/chapter-4-page-69")
Ha, no wonder I didn't recognize them - Invidia was smiling ^^;
Make with the fanart!
Is the word 'heroine' allowed in this modern age? I used it once but I think I got away with it. :-)
as long as you remember the e on the end, otherwise it becomes a little illegal.
Gail Simone used it on Twitter today, and she are one, so I guess it's OK.
Why wouldn't it be?
Afraid it might be one of those gender-marking words like 'actress' now considered sexist and old fashioned.
Anyone who gets offended by that stuff needs to get a life. Yes, I said it, and I mean it. I am a feminist and a gentleman, but I am also a grammar Nazi.
let's not go down this road, please and thank you.
ELIZA COMING IN CLUTCH... WHAT AN ICON!
Well, sometimes you don't have time for elaborate plans and just have to go with reacting to the moment.
Hey, last time Eliza did have time to think out an elaborate plan it involved pulling a gun and shooting the world. Maybe we're better off with her having to react quickly.
It's interesting that the porter's and cook's Sharpened rants were about students in general, but these are clearly about Will specifically. Maybe it's because these four actually know him.
Or because they're students themselves. Incipient resentment of students is probably not such a handy shortcut to use with them.
I think so.
The process makes you feel a particular emotion when a trigger condition is met. The trigger here is seeing Sharpe, obviously, and the emotion appears to be "murderous rage."
The victims seem to be grasping at their own most logical answer to "What am I actually angry about?"
I wonder what old classmates say about Sid. ...
"I never did get my [insert object here] back."
Now I'm wondering what the role of the fourth student will be -- the one who was sleeping through all the malicious gossip, and only woke up last page to say, "What the-?"
Everyone else got Sharpened by Wrath, but they got imbued with Sloth.
That student is the one yelling about good hair in panel 3, I think.
Oh, right. Missed that. Thank you.
STUDENT: Thinks good hair is the same as having a personality!
SHARPE: Don't be ridiculous, they're not the same at all. Good hair is better.
I wanted to air a suspicious I have that I haven't seen anyone else suggest in the comments. So far, most people seem to think that Flack invented Sharpening, and that Sharpe was an innocent scapegoat. However, I wonder if Sharpe didn't have some sort of involvement. Maybe Will willingly agreed to be Sharpened in exchange for being able to take credit for this discovery, and Flack took advantage of his ego to remove blame from herself? Or maybe Flack taught Will how to Sharpen himself? Whatever happened, I suspect Flack had a reason for picking Sharpe as the person who would take the blame, aside from him just being widely disliked.
It wouldn't be the first time something like that happened in Widdershins: Ben did actually summon Sloth, although he didn't know what it was for.
Never mind... I was going to argue, did some re-reading, and decided I'd been getting several things wrong.
"Thinks he's so above us."
Ow. Bad Kate, bad!
I really enjoy the fact that Sharpe's brilliant escape plan only got them one room away from Eliza before it all went completely to shit
No, Eliza, it's "boom, headshot," not "broom".
Can't resist: [https://www.youtube.com/wat...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1qSV2Cvsj0 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1qSV2Cvsj0")
given the circumstances, I don't think either of the guys are in a position to complain. plus eliza seems to have indiana jones levels of "make it up as you go along"
Eliza, you need a medal.
To be sure, she’d wanted to do that to somebody for some time now.