April 29th, 2016
30 Apr 2016 · page 596 of 1306
This guy.
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Cast: Jack O'Malley, Purple Hippo of Happiness
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Hey, don't make him have a heart attack, we need him for this story to happen. Great page, nice story start, thanks Kate!
Hurrah for 'this guy'. He shares his biscuits, aww, how sweet!
The purple hippo of happiness is... sad?
No the purple hippo of happiness is scared. but it still stopped to warn him, so its brave little hippo too.
That makes me happy. What a good hippo.
I have a feeling that the "they" who are approaching are the elder Barbers--though they might not know where Mal lives.
That's one heck of a way to wake up . . .
But I'm not sure that just running is the best idea.
the last of us.
Sudden wonder, whether O(Malley sees his own limb in colour, or not.
I think that got answered when his vision got transferred to the wizard, but I can't remember which it was.
Good question! I guess he must do, since it's in colour when we see in Mal-vision?
The timeline of me reading this comic: clicks bookmark starts in second panel because it's got more color (Sorry, I can't help myself.) sees PPoH
Oh, man. The comments are going to be full of screaming. braces self
Huh. Not a lot of screaming yet. Better start it: "It's the PPoH! Hurrah! Hooray! Oh frabjous day!"
... yay.
Robin's minstrels give a nervous shuffle
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That's okay, I see cheering elsewhere in the comments now. We're mostly worried about what's got 'im so spooked.
shakes pompoms
I suspect we'll be transitioning to less gleeful screaming rather shortly, given all the distressing wailing the malforms are doing.
Based on the reactions of the various malforms to the Deadlies, I assume when the say "the last" they mean Wrath.
Also "leave the anchor! they are coming for you!" sounds more ominous than the would be warranted for the Barbers, who I would expect malforms to basically ignore. But the Deadlies do warrant that kind of response, especially given that all of the malforms are taking their own advice and running away.
I think the last may actually be referring to Lust, since O'malley actually desummoned Wrath his very self.
Recall from the last arch, Lust was the person pulling all the strings and was even able to manipulate the previous Witch of Widdershins into giving it a human body to run amok in.
Lust was the first to be freed. It has been free since Henry and Izzy failed to desummon it. The other chapters have shown us Greed, Sloth, Pride, Gluttony, and Envy breaking free as well. Wrath is the only one who was desummoned, so it is the only one who is not currently free. Which makes Wrath "the last" that needs to be freed for Lust's plan to work.
I don't have anything meaningful to add so I'll just share what's on my mind:
OMG Mal!!! Best character waifu for laifu I love him so much XD XD XD <333333
*husbando
I use "Husbu" as an equivalent for Waifu, if you like.
CONGRATULATIONS... i have never seen a better alternative to "waifu". With luck, we'll all be seeing the term "Husbu" cropping up in comments now.
He is my waifu tho
Well this is a lovely way to wake up.
Shocking! The O'Malley sleeps without his gloves on!
Edit: I adore the PHOH and that it is a) still around and b) the biscuits thing is now officially canon.
Awwwww, they're worried about their witch. I love these little spirits.
Yeah, help yerself to biscuits. 'S not me payin' for 'em. An' make sure ye make plenty of crumbs so ye annoy the man that did.
Nicola: O'Malley. collar-grab O'Malley must stay.
Harriet: We have come for you.
Nicola: Work to be done!
Harriet: Workworkwork!
Nicola: Need more coffee. clutches brow
Harriet: Indeed. Strong coffee. rubs eyes
O'Malley: Fine. But I'm not buying!
>:=)>
Is that a mosquito in full body armour? wth?
I'm kind of curious what type of spirit it is.
It's voice is shown in very even and unembellished text as it says "they approach," as if it's stating the obvious, so I'm thinking it might be a spirit of logic?? Which makes it fantastic that the spirit of logic is something as illogical as a mosquito in body armor.
Not sure if it's actually a mosquito as it's got five limbs and a long tail. Though if it was a mosquito and did represent logic, I'd say it makes more sense that you'd think. What's a person's knee-jerk reaction to a mosquito?
Haha, good point!
Perhaps it's a spirit of duty? It feels the need to warn O-malley but is calm enough to do so without screaming like half the others.
I like that theory too! It would fit with the appearance better than mine, as what says "duty" more than a knight's armor? Not sure on the mosquito/dragonfly aspect. Maybe it represents duty that's annoying, just like an insect's humming wings can be annoying.
Given the side-on angle we are seeing our knightfly (I'll explain why I'm calling it a knightfly below), it appears to have three legs on that side of it's body and since most of the malforms we've have body symmetry on one axis, logically there are corresponding legs on the other side. Six legs would make it equivalent to an insect. I reckon we only see five limbs for the same reason most cartoonists draw hands with three fingers and a thumb. ;)
Why do I call it a knightfly? It's dressed like a knight and the shape of it's wings are similar to those of a dragonfly. What's the natural enemy of a dragon? A knight, of course.
Or a midge and a mosquito got a bit confused one day and their offspring got lost in the [Leeds Armouries](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Armouries_Museum "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Armouries_Museum") at some point... :)
Last panel: the look of a man who is clearly used to exiting via the window
D'you think he'll just go, or will he talk to Wolfe first..?
The omalley's back! Yay!
Oh gosh, I'm in love with Mal's sleep-messed hair. (Also does it maybe look... longer???)
Umm?!?! Ummmm?!?!?!?! UMMMMMM?!!!!???????! This does not seem good and I am very concerned???!!
"Oh no! PHOH! Knightfly! Feather.. duster... turkey... Cowardly lion? Screamcloud. Wait, who the hell are the rest of you and why are you in my bedroom?"
"Screamcloud" is perfect, I love when you guys name the buggerups.
"This is not normal, even for me!"
Well, at least they care enough to warn him.
Poor, scared buggerups. I'd adopt them, but my flat is no pets. And, I hate to think what they'd do to the wiring. xD
At first I was sad that O'Malley's room was so plain, but I suppose you don't decorate as much when you can't see color. Someone should get him some nice black-and-white artwork.
PHOH needs to be added to the cast page please please please I love him so much Heis a recuring carecter of awesomeness