March 26th, 2019
26 Mar 2019 · page 885 of 1306
Their wrists, and thus my panel composition, are now freer.
Cast: Eliza Swift, Vincent Knott, Will Sharpe
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She needs to be in some competitions for firearms aim right now, she is amazing.
That 3rd panel tho xD
That's where Knotty figured out what she was going to do. Notice that in the 4th panel Knotty has now bent his wrist backwards so there's space for the bullet to go, thus avoiding having his hand shot.
Finally all that practice shooting precise points on a globe comes in handy.
Hey, range time is range time.
"Mr Sharpe, I missed you", she said, reloading.
LMAO
The old, old jokes are always the best ones.
She's a real sharpeshooter...
/facedesk
Wait, what was his plan?
Huh. That's a good question. Like, she's not gonna shoot a group of mind controlled folks. Maybe he was hoping that she'd be able to use the gun to intimidate them? Again, not really a great plan with mind controlled people. I suppose he could just be panicking and wanted to give the most capable and unrestrained person in the room the tools to do something without really thinking about what she'd do. Or he expected her to shoot them because he values his own life very highly and thinks everyone else obviously values it just as much! Despite all evidence to the contrary... On another note, did she ever reload that after shooting the globe? Wondering how many shots she has left in there. Can't imagine she brought extra bullets since she wasn't bringing the gun.
They’re not mind controlled, their emotions are heightened. The emotions can still be overpowered by something else (like terror), which is what Knotty was demonstrating while talking to Sharpe.
Just a speculation, as it doesn't seem to be his usual mode, but maybe he gave her the gun to protect herself against the enraged mob?
I think we're well past the point where "planning" is a thing in this escapade.
♪[Bang bang](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZoQ_E8GHsk "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZoQ_E8GHsk"), she shot him down,
Bang bang, he hit the ground,
Bang bang, no longer bound,
Bang bang, his buddy shot him down♪
Eliza: pose Yeah! :-)
>:=)>
Leave the Sharp.
Take the Knotty.
Drink!
Aha, the old inverse Chekhov. Nice!
9.5 from the East German judge
The gun was fired early in the story, so they'll eventually mount it above a fireplace?
Eliza's success with gunplay seems to increase the further away she is from her target- just compare this to the incident with the globe! I predict that the finale of this chapter will see her sniping her own signature into the wall of the University while standing at the bottom of the Anchor.
It wasn't her accuracy that was the issue with the globe, it was the globe's ability to handle being shot.
Oh, I didn't mean to imply her accuracy was the issue, just that she didn't achieve what she wanted to do with the gun. If the globe hadn't collapsed (shame on those shoddy second-rate globemakers) something else would inexplicably have happened to prevent her from shooting at such close range, such as her gun spontaneously transforming into a rubber duck.
I mean, she's in Widdershins. It could happen.
Of course... the duckmancers are becoming more and more of a menace...
Ah, the moment of truth - by choosing between saving his own skin and helping his companions, Will gets to prove whether or not he's become a better person since the start of this chapter...
Both Knott and Sharpe must have shoulders of steel, otherwise they'd be dislocated by now...
Knotty’s might well be; the way he’s resting his arm on his knee in the last panel suggests that it might be uncomfortable to hold it up.
They'll worry about that once they regain feeling in their hands.
Oh, good eye, that woman. That's a pretty tricky shot (but on the other hand, she's been precisely shooting through model globes a lot recently...)
Nice actualization of the Chekhov's gun rule.
.....Huh. You know, if Sharpe leaves, talking to the students about "what the hell just happened" might actually produce some useful information.
That's some impressive aim.
Well, Eliza did a bang up job getting them out of that uncuffortable situation
Now to see if Sharpe will stay above it all, or drop in to face the fury
By the way Kate, is the trigger for the rage just sight, or sound as well like Flack's name? If it's by sight only, I see a implement at hand (or rather on head) Eliza can use to cover up the problem
At the risk of fansplaining, my impression is that the subject has to realize they perceive Sharpe in their presence. Note that the porter was fine until he actually realized the person before him was one and the same with "that one that got arrested." So the mere sound of his voice or the image of his face aren't enough. The recognition needs to come with it.
Probably my favorite part of this page is the fact that Sharpe could have done this at literally any time and just didn't think of it.
(In fairness, neither did I, so.)
Interesting question. Sharpe is due to be executed in the morning, so if Swifty had fatally shot him, would she be charged with murder or something?
"Option A" or "Option B", I don't care which.
I first heard that line from TFS. I imagine it's likely even older than than that, but I can't think of where it might be from.
I was thinking the exact same thing