October 4th, 2019
4 Oct 2019 · page 933 of 1306
Sorry for the slight lateness! Note: never put your face up to an angry barking dog, even if you're a surprisingly calming German violinist.
Cast: Benjamin Thackerey, Gren, Heinrich Wolfe
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Wow the office is... not quite as bad as I feared! But still, oh dear, Sid
Wonder if Wolfe had dogs when he was growing up? He certainly seems happy with them!
Like Moist von Lipwig with Lipwigzers.
It's possible, but I'm just chalking it up under Wolfe's "get along with anyone" feat.
I wonder if Ben's being a wizard (or being of nervous type?) has made Gren's reaction worse...
Could be. She's attuned to magical objects. I assume wizards fall under that category.
Well, Gren "said" BAD SMELL about Sid in one of Q&A.
This is a very good point!
I was wondering this myself. Just like how they're almost painfully bright to witchsight, I wonder if wizards have some sort of scent that is unpleasant to magic-sniffing dogs.
On the other hand, Gren seemed totally fine with Grandma Izzy, but that might be because Gren knows her or because she also smells similarly enough to Harry and Nicola that she figures "must be alright then".
Seems normal enough to me.
Best keep Eliza out of there or that globe is toast.
It's hiding.
It's "Mr. Malik" for Ben, like in the beginning of Curtain Call. I find quite remarkable that from the Pride part on, Ben and Sid didn't address each other in any way (no Mr, no first names, Sid used "your cousin" talking to Verity once), though they interacted for not so a little time.
...
I just finished rereading everything up through the end of Curtain Call, and failed to notice whether Benji calls his co-workers anything other than Mr. O'Malley and Mr. (Herr?) Wolfe.
I think he starts calling them just O'Malley and Wolfe (no "Mr" or "Herr") pretty soon after they meet.
Gren: YOU’RE NOT MY WIZARD! GET OUT! GET OUuuoooh? What’s this? Oooh yes good boy.
He can't have gone far - his hat and at least some of his cards are still here!
And the door wasn't locked! Maybe he is upstairs?
Hündchen! :D
Whether intentional or not, I like that the few bits of Wolfe's German we get make sound a bit old-fashioned. Him being from the 19th century and all.
I wonder how much of that can be blamed on Nightcrawler... the writers on the old X-Men cartoons did not, in fact, give a heck, so he just "Mein Liebchen"'d all over the place, and I think that's kind of what many English-speaking types think Germans sound like now :P
Genau!
That basically is an affectionate way of saying, Puppy, yes?
Wolfe's s posture/face make it obvious that's how he's using it in this context, irrigardless, and I don't have words for how adorable that is.
Something like dogg-y, but quite old-fashioned. Schoolchildren today would despair at it.
Well someone is trying to figure out where Harry got off to. We have images of the globe, a small scale map of New Zealand (Aotearoa), and calculations.
Hmmm.
And it looks like there's a mark on the New Zealand at exactly the true antipodes of Widdershins. (I cheated and looked it up.)
It doesn't look like Harry's on Antipodes island - she has trees and large hairy mammals-like creatures - Antipodes Island has neither but it does have ground nesting carnivorous parrots, albatrosses and penguins...
West Yorkshire 53.75 deg North
1.66 deg West
Antipode of West Yorkshire
53.75 deg S
178.33 deg E
Antipodes Islands
49.68 deg S
178.76 deg E
Antipode of Widdershins about 310 miles 160 deg from Antipodes Island - 300 miles is not a big distance on map
There doesn't appear to be any land at the antipode of Widdershins
I would put the dots on the map at Chatham Islands and Antipodes Islands. Antipodes Island being near the antipode of Widdershins is due to the antipode of everything in the main body of the United Kingdom is near the Antipodes Islands.
in real life, there is no land there, sure.
I would rather like to see a reasonably detailed world map at some point. It would tell us a great deal about when the divergences from OTL began to accelerate.
Oh, Sid, a man after my own deplorable housekeeping habits.... Gren was very grouchy even before the intruders came in? Or maybe that's just her waking up suspiciously. But by the time Wolfe's face is up to her, she's a happy Hündchen!
Grendel has always smacked me as a bit territorial as a doggo, so she's probably just grouchy cause these two STRANGERS have come into her territory without her Alpha (Harriet) around and Grennie's just doing the Doggie version of Get off my Lawn Y'Darn Kids!
Gwen's bark could also be the equivalent of halt and be identified. I used to live next to a house with a German Shepard. When I came back to the house late at night, he would start barking. I would simply say "It's me, George" and he would stop barking since he knew me.
According to the cast page Gren's full name is Greenwich.
(Although I just finished reading the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews, and in that series Kate has an attack poodle named Grendel.)
I don't know what you mean, we know that dog has been right there. Obviously.
So Wolfe is a dog person, and Ben is decidedly not. This doesn’t surprise me, somehow.
Ben has a cleanness OCD, if I recall
So really he just doesn't like pets or are their animals that could overcome the issue? Just sort of wondering if such could be the case because Pets are Good.
I think it's animals in general. I recall a Q&A where Sid produced a bird in a magic trick and Ben was shown covering his nose, saying "Those have diseases!"
Found it! [https://widdershinscomic.co...](https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/character-qa-round-2 "https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/character-qa-round-2")
That was my dad to a T. He was raised in an immigrant Jewish household in the mid-twentieth century (Jews traditionally did not have dogs as pets; they were considered dirty - in fact, we're not supposed to pray in a room with dogs) and he really didn't like touching them. Although dogs, oddly enough, ADORED him. He did eventually learn to like them, too
If I recall Kate's words right, it isn't OCD, rather a quirk.
It's just a personality trait known as "naturally squeamish" XD
I'm with Ben here
Ah, Sidney. Given a sufficient motivation, you can be studious and focussed, can't you? Now who...I mean...what could have motivated you so much?
(Hint: God help anyone who harms Harriet Barber.)
Gren is the best doggo, or as I vocalised, 'what a good bargo blarble', as one of my many dog colloquialisms.
Also, Wolfe is totally me in this scenario.
Never Surprise a Territorial Puppydog. Grendel accepts your offering of Pets and will spare you from mauling.
GRENDEL! dies
Has Sid been just scattering notes everywhere? She went out at one of the known anchors, but I guess knowing where she came out doesn't really help with buying tickets and guides to get there safely.
The anchor is known in the sense of "there's definitely an anchor somewhere in this large-ish section of ocean". The exact location of the anchor is unknown (to Europeans) because no outsider who has attempted to go there has ever come back. So going there to retrieve Harry definitely still has "where is it?" component.
An untidy office - Ben's worst nightmare has come true. And I really love Wolfe's new outfit.
I'm hoping Mr Malik hasn't cleared off to Aotearoa just yet, because if he has who has been walking, feeding and (most importantly) emptying Greenwich?
Wolfe's charm transcends even species.
Honestly? The dog was probably surprised rather than territorial or aggressive. That's just what happens when you startle a dog! Also you'll notice the dog barks but doesn't attack. Well-trained. That's why Wolfe can calm the dog down.
I'm torn between delight at seeing Wolfe have his usual effect on Gren, and slowly building dread at the anticipation of seeing what's become of poor Sid in the interim. At least he's keeping busy...?
That third panel is so real tho... I felt it XD
Well, Sid isn't keeping good house, and there might be words about that some day if when Harry comes back he still hasn't cleaned up.
However, I do note that judging from the detritus he hasn't cleaned because he's in the obsessive grip of Operation Rescue! Although the boy really should know to ask for help on that.
I really hope someone's been feeding Gren, he looks lonely...
It's she 😊 And we saw Sid with Gren doing a walkie. So we can presume he's feeding her too. For Harry's sake, if not for Gren's 😊
dang it I always forget Gren's a girl, thanks. Though I'm pretty sure it's both for Harry's and Gren's sakes. I mean, Sid does care about Gren even if he's in the middle of having a continuous panic attack.
hello! i'll be updating late again tomorrow sorry- apologies for the slowness but i've sworn off allnighters and trust me, this is definitely the best choice!
Agree strongly.
Well, this place has gone to the dogs (no offence, Gren)
Woof, Sidney's going to be in the doghouse when Harriet finds out about how her place looks ^^;;
There is a dog from next street barking at me every time we meet, for years. It's elderly owner is always yelling at it to keep quiet, up to no avail. I know why I prefer cats!
Are you okay there? I think it is Tuesday, here
it is but check the featured comment please! still working!
Ooookay! I got in here and your featured comment showed up as the one about "don't put your face next to the dog, etc, and my response was" you didn't DO that, did you?" but I see that you didn't, but simply demonstrated that you are smarter than me, because I still pulled several past-2am nights on this most recent set. Opening night is a very hard deadline... (and I actually used a portrait of one of your characters on a set 2 years ago, and, I hope, got you some new readers) can't attach any photos here...
no worries :) a featured comment is how i tend to announce that things are running a little late. and yes, i was doing two allnighters a week (sometimes til 7am) pretty consistently for a few months there, it was bad, don't do this!
theatre work definitely sounds like a whirlwind, hope it went well! also that thing about the portrait is amazing! would love to see, if you have pictures- just pop them on imgur or something and link them in here?