March 23rd, 2018
23 Mar 2018 · page 782 of 1306
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Cast: Benjamin Thackerey, Heinrich Wolfe, Sidney Malik, Verity Cunningham
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So, Lux is waiting for them at the Anchor. I wonder what it has in mind...
I wondered a few pages ago why the bird was visible, glad to know Ben has the same question.
What's even curiouser to me is that it seems to be able to disappear and reappear at will...
Guys...Lux is at Anchor....new door opening....Move those legs! Now!!!
No problem. All the wizards went to the anchor. No doubt they’ve already sorted everything out.
The handful still capable of doing anything has probably been sorted, yes...
If by "sorted out" you mean that that their names are now Cowboy Billy Bob, Little Joe MacCool, and Weasel Willy, and that they have learned to sing folk ballads by the light of the moon while riding backwards on a mule on Thursdays, then yes.
I think jinxing things is just a habit for them at this point.
Panel 2: talk about lust for knowledge.
They should probably look this gift horse in the mouth. With a flashlight, and rubber gloves.
And a carjack. And a shovel. And a brick.
and a shotgun while wearing body armor and wearing a garlic necklace.
I'd send in a bomb-disposal robot and a couple of quadcopter drones, myself.
and snipers covering them and paramedics on standby
Nukes, my friend, nukes.
But don't overdo it -- a few kilotons really ought to take care of Lust. And the Anchor. And the city. And the nearby...
Then again, maybe not.
Sometimes glassing the planet with plasma weapons is the only way to be sure.
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
The Trojan definitely should have been more thorough with their gift horse, that is for sure.
What did I tell you guys yesterday about tempting the gods of storytelling?!
Methinks they all need this treatment: [http://footloosecomic.com/f...](http://footloosecomic.com/footloose.php?comic_id=283 "http://footloosecomic.com/footloose.php?comic_id=283")
And Sid is the one who is silent, maybe because he heard the story of Lux.
Ben's comment is interesting to me as well, not in the least to wonder what he might (or might not) have been able to learn about Lux in his research. How much of Lux's history is known to magical reference works, I wonder. Isabel's treatise on the Liar's Heart, was published, certainly, and she must have consulted other works as well. She had hoped to eventually finish an entire book on the topic, in fact... she should do that now if she never had yet.
> Ben's comment is interesting to me as well, not in the least to wonder what he might (or might not) have been able to learn about Lux in his research.
Oh, I haven't thought about that! I wonder what he meant with "But I didn't- didn't find..." then ( [https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/may-31st-2016/ "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/may-31st-2016/") ) What he searched for, exactly?
"And the next item is a TRAP. A TRAP."
Call in Admiral Akbar; he said it better than I could...
[https://goo.gl/images/nCa8ay](https://goo.gl/images/nCa8ay "https://goo.gl/images/nCa8ay")
Oh Wolfe, I don't think it will be good cherry-eating with Lux.
Uh.... guys? Enough with tempting Sod's Law! xP
Quality over quantity. This is potentially the most dangerous of all the deadly sins, as it is the desire of anything immaterial. All the other sins might be causes for various desires, but this one is directly linked to the effect of almost all the other sins. It can literally use any weakness against its foes.
Remember how Luxuria used the desires of its associates to trick them
into helping its agenda. Who's to say it won't happen again. And
remember, the only reason they were able to defeat the other sins, was
because they always had someone who was resistant to that particular
sin. Not much use for that when the sin can go at them from multiple
angles.
Do you suffer from sloth? Then you probably lust for peace and quiet.
Do you suffer from greed? Then you probably lust wealth and prosperity.
Do you suffer from gluttony? Then you probably lust for plenty.
Do you suffer from wrath? Then you probably lust for vengeance.
Do you suffer from lust? Then you probably lust for pleasure.
Do you suffer from envy? Then you probably lust for equality.
Do you suffer from pride? Then you probably lust for recognition.
Envy, lusting for equality... uh. It's not quite that simple.
Envy. Lust for recognition or power, maybe?
If we go by Voss, it includes lust for being better than others at things (as well as getting the recognition that goes with it), rather than having others be better than you
Exactly. Certain kinds of people don't want to be equal. They want to be above ; so equality doesn't work (there's the matter of a lot of stuff being on how the person perceive it rather than how it actually is, too)
Lust for superiority, certainly.
Mostly in an "Why can't I have it, it's not fair." sort of way. It's not equality for everybody, only for one self.
I don't think you are using that word correctly. The word 'Lust' can be used in a wide variety of ways, yes, but not QUITE to the degree you are making it out to be. For instance, being malcontent does not mean you 'lust' for change. Lust implies deriving pleasure from the activity in a hedonistic way, where the standard goal for achieving what you seek is merely secondary to 'getting off'.
Sloth wallows in complacency, a willful ignorance.
Greed stews in sentiment, ignoring all practicality for ideals.
Gluttony teems in surplus, blind to contingencies.
Wrath rumbles in instability, a conflict selectively left unresolved.
Lust glimmers in pursuit, a caucus race.
Envy broods in insecurities, while taking only stopgap measures.
Pride basks in self-aggrandizement, ignoring collateral damage that may sprout.
The Seven Deadly Sins are kinds of self-destructive behaviors, not merely bad habits. They are the ultimate ruts.
Sure, Lust can play the long game, but it won't have any thoughts beyond the game.
Yes, you can mess with lust by just giving them what they want, since there is ALWAYS a refractory period of directionlessness. Double entendre fully intentional, and jokes about males lacking sexual endurance abound.
"They are the ultimate ruts" -- I feel like this is more true than we usually think
Fair point.
This doesn't reference this strip, but comments a bit ago: I just realized that Greed wasn't summoned a long time ago. See [https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/january-4th-2012/ "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/january-4th-2012/"). Greed is summoned right then. (Not that it really matters, since as someone pointed out it is when the spirit is freed that impacts the order.)
...Oh, dear.
[https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/february-29th-2012/ "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/february-29th-2012/")
Speaking of tempting fate...
I love how Ben goes right into research mode, while Sid doesn't know and doesn't care how it works, he just thinks it's cool.
Thus demonstrating the difference between them 😁
Much like the last panel on this page: [https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/march-14th-2017/ "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/march-14th-2017/")
I think the kids these days say, "Tag yourself."
I have got to stop using "kids these days" ironically or I'll start meaning it...
To be fair they think its a spirit of lust... But when in fact he is desire and that emotion is a lot broader and a lot more tricky to deal with.
After all don't they desire an easy with. At this moment?
It's like...do you even story, bro!?
It's like watching one of those games where people describe something without using key words and someone else tries to guess what that something is, and that something is the phrase "What could go wrong?"
For pity's sake, you guys...
"A complete particle reversal" comes to mind.
Really, you guys, indeed. The background color changed to a very strong Lust color very quickly, you'd think that would be like a change in atmosphere that they should pick up on, but no...
Why is everyone underestimating the ONLY one of these thing that was never bound by the Barbers blood line?
In their defense, it is also the only one that none of them personally have had the displeasure of dealing with... depending on how accessible Isabel's essay was, Sid might be the only one with even an idea of what Luxuria is like.
Also they are all compulsive jinxers.
:Ctrl-F:
Nobody? Really? Really?
...Fine.
"Don't get cocky, kids."
Oh no, they're being influenced by the spirit of "nothing could possibly go wrong".
Well crap.
Now you're just asking for it.
the fact the signal is coming from the Anchor is doing nothing to ease my concerns
I just finished reading Darken. Now, I'm going to go back and read Widdershins again to see if there are any references I missed the first time around.
STOP. TAUNTING. MURPHY.
BEN, IT'S YOUR TIME TO SHINE, NERD BOY.
this is making my anxiety guys pLEASE BE MORE ALARMED BY THE SIZE OF THAT
No, guys, the intelligent, string-puller one being the one with the lesser area or effect is a bad sign, a very bad sign.