Good team.
Gonna take a break for the rest of the week cus I haven't had a non-sick day off for a while! Then we'll finish this story off!
Cast: Benjamin Thackerey, Eliza Swift, Gren, Harriet Barber, Heinrich Wolfe, Kirti Malik, Pemberton Pryce, Rajeev Malik, Sidney Malik
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These two will have a great deal to talk about after this, but it's nice to see their teamwork remains strong.
Honestly I think having Harry as morale support would make Sid's confession to his parents about university a lot easier. Like, he doesn't show it, but I think Harry being missing was really messing him up >.>
"he doesnt show it" did you see the office :P but yeah i agree
Like that:
Mum, Dad, there's Harry Barber, she's a bounty hunter and my boss. Haven't I told you I dropped the uni?
It was more that the uni dropped him...
I expect Harry will be surprised when she finds out he had not already told them. Harry probably realized that Sid's parents already figured it out when they stopped getting tuition bills.
Mr Malik has a mean right, doesn't he. And a good sense of initiative.
Right. And his son has a good sense of teamwork.
I love how Harry catches the gun without even looking at it. Sooooo badass!
Yep...I think that might be her best frame in the entire series so far...
i'm just imagining how much grandpa henry would have enjoyed seeing that little power move, he knows you gotta do these things with a bit of flair
(also sid's dad is probably getting lucky tonight)
Combo Disapproving Parental Stare. One from over the shoulder no less :P
Rajeev is far more badass than I expected. It's clear where Sid got his adventurer's streak from
He's a sailor, in the days of wooden ships and iron men.
I'm wishing we could see him with a belaying pin - everybody else could just stand back and admire.
Two feet long, made of oak:
When I first saw the photo, I thought it was a twin to the vintage Military Police nightstick I own (WWII reenactor). Mine's mahogany, with some lead inside. It hits like a brick.
You can find their mates in theaters that have not upgraded their fly rail, and still have pinrails. Theater techs were all former sailors at one point, part of why it is bad luck to whistle onstage, since fly commands were relayed by whistle. If you gave the wrong (inadvertent) whistle your backdrops an scenery could come in and out unexpectedly!
Yeah both parents seem to have a sense of adventure.Since we know they both know Sid isn't graduating, having seen their son operate, he's …not going to have an issue with Sid's new choice of career, is he?
Is that the biggest smile there behind Harry's arm in the last panel?
And enjoy the break, Kate! Hope you'll feel better soon
Given how Harry started blushing from the second Sid tossed the gun to her, methinks yes.
that's a scrape on her face! been there the whole time. but yes that is indeed a smile
Ah! Thank you, I see it now.
Feel better soon!
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It's honestly very impressive how you managed to pull that off, and I don't even really know how. We only see half of the face, and from the eyes and context alone one could imagine all kinds of fierce expressions. But it LOOKS like a smile. Like it taps into the subconscious ability to read faces. That corner of the mouth really does it.
You know, that smile is probably way more intimating than Harry intends it to be. I mean, we know that it is mostly about being back in Widdershins and hearing Sid's voice again. O'Malley can probably figure that out too. But to the big goon it probably looks like she is smiling in anticipation of blowing his head off.
Aaaa, didn't even noticed!
No look catch, that's so rad.
Sid is a sleight-of-hand magician - a profession that requires pretty much absolute spatial awareness and precise control of your moves - as well as a wizard, and he and Harry have worked together long enough to be familiar with each other's moves.
Also she's awesome so no further explanation needed.
But explanation just makes it EXTRA AWESOME! :D
Okay, but did he grab and throw that or did he just, like, bat it toward her like a volleyball?
I figure Sid used his bird to help catch the gun after it fell, and then he threw it to Harry.
Oh, look at Eliza's hero worship face!
And Kyree hasn't even come through the door yet!
I love Gren. I would trust her with my life.
Gren:
Gren gives a brief pause I may just do it anyway
Nah. She's too well-trained {and -behaved} to do that. But thinking about it gives her happyfeelz...
Gren may not like all these humanso (doubt their competence). But they are her humans to dislike or otherwise, and you don't get to threaten them.
Besides, at least one of them bought her sausages.
I love a happy reunion. Especially one in the form of great teamwork!
More 2 fisted action! I can see Harry & Rajeev will get along fine.
Eliza is awe struck and maybe a bit in l9ve.
Oh dear, I do hope Mr Thackerey won’t get his heart broke.
I am not too worried for Ben's poor heart. Eliza can be fan-girling without having a crush on Harry. And even she is starting a crush on Harry, those feelings will not be reciprocated.
Haliza? Elary?
"Teach me your ways!"
"Uh, Eliza? I don't think she's the witch."
"I DON'T CARE!"
We ALL are! <3 :-)
"Got any salts?"
Hard object meets soft surface at high speed... and thus the tablets are turned :-)
So many great expressions on this page, but I think my favourites are Mr and Mrs Malik in the last panel.
those two have „still got it“ written all over their faces.
This is going to be a fun one to see in the published, higher-resolution book, isn't it?
And I love that Sid and his Mum both have the same “my hero!” expressions.
They instantly caught that Sid is in love and with whom :D
Good parents :)
(or maybe she's just proud of her husband)
They are obviously impressed and pleased with how their son is handling himself in this situation.
Rajeev and Kirti are apparently too busy taking down the henchman with the gun to have noticed that their son called this mystery woman "Harry"...
This ties back to the as-yet unresolved question of exactly how much of Sid's secret they already know.
Should we start thinking of our questions for the after-chapter?
No need for Mal or Nyree to do magic, Harry can handle all of these nutcases herself!
And Kate, take all the time you need.
sidney's trying to decide whether to glow because of heart-eyes or because He Helped
Despite seeing Harry for the first time in months, Sid still has the presence of mind, upon hearing the gun hit the floor and seeing it there, to scoop it up and toss it to Harry.
Attaboy, Sid. No wonder she likes you.
He just wanted to give her something nice
And this saves him the trouble of over-thinking it.
This was beautifully orchestrated.
Mr. Malik killin' it with the five finger f you!
Pemberton took one glancing blow, stumbled away, and crumpled to the floor like a sack, now to be menaced by Gren. A true villain, he ain't. :P
Constitution seemed like a perfectly reasonable dump stat at the time.
Doesn't look "glancing" to me - with that punch with Rajeev's muscle and mass behind it, he's lucky to not have a broken jaw.
Right on the ol' button.
...and Rajeev is lucky to not have a broken knuckle or two.
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As Matt Helm said just before whaling on a Bad Guy with an improvised eighteen-inch club:
Nicola knows this, too - that's why she carries tonfa. Much more efficient and flexible than a simple truncheon.
Of course, if a simple truncheon is all you have to hand at need - knock yourself the Bad Guy out,
It was Harry who punched Pryce, on the previous page. Rajeev punched one of the henchmen.
Oops. All those crummy Americans look alike to me.
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{I will point out that despite my occasional forays into Britishisms ... or Sicilian ... or Vietnamese pidgin ... i have lived all my {mumblety-mumble-more-than-a-few} years within the borders of the USA - well, except for the two years that i was acquiring Sicilian and VN slang and vocabulary...
The henchman left his hat on, and was in the back, with Rajeev; Pryce was hatless and up front, trying to hold Mal.
The tableau in that last frame. Perfection.
Well the tide if that bout turned rather quickly. Also, enjoy your day off Kate!
Nice one, Rajeev. Clearly waiting for the opportunity.
He was waiting to use his guns to free up the gun.
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I'll get my coat.
...and don't forget to tip your waitress.
Try the meatloaf.
"Now, which one of you is going to give me some g*****n tobacco!?"
So happy to see it all coming together...
Nyree, walking through the door: I let you out of my sight for THREE SECONDS and you're back to solving your problems with guns again Harry?
Gods, I hope she says that. It would be perfect!
"They got solved, didn't they?"
When the problem has a gun, solve it with a gun!
I love Eliza's 'OMG, I love you!' response over there beside the wall.
Not an expert here, but I'm assuming that that (in the second panel) hurts. Or, at least it will, once he eventually wakes up. (Assuming that he does wake up.)
It looks like he's sitting up and holding his face in the last panel, so I think he's awake. Meaning it hurts NOW (and probably also later)
Note that all our heroes are smiling except for our Fearless Three:
Wolfe: Relief everybody is okay
Ben: Analyizing the degrees of Harry's badassary
Mal: Keeping out of the line of fire the best he can
Was this an intentional reference to Horatius at the Bridge? Impressed if it was! It's not very well known outside of certain circles.
Sadly, no. Although the last line is a reference to Support Your Local Sheriff.
Not the same thing, is it?
He never did make it to Australia.
Wow, this situation is going far better for team Harry than I expected. I thought we'd get a tense stand off or a shoot out, not a rapid ass kicking. Not that I'm complaining, Harry and Rajeev are total badasses here, and it's awesome.
Haha, Eliza fangirling in the background. Also Mrs. Malik all impressed by her husband and Mr. Malik all chuffed with her hugging his arm.
Easy mode: Kicking the asses of thugs.
Hard mode: Confessing your love to your crush in front of his parents.
Honestly, that will probably be easier than admitting it to herself.
I give it about fifty-fifty that she decides kissing him is easier than using words... and then notices his parents standing there.
Amazing action hero panel 4. Amazing triumph montage panel 5.
Hi Kate, get well soon - and don't stress too much in this heat!
Wonderful how Gren takes her job seriously.
By the way, why aren't you on Patreon? Certainly there are many fans who would like to support you!
thank you! I am indeed on patreon, there's a link on the right of the page! [https://www.patreon.com/Wid...](https://www.patreon.com/Widdershins "https://www.patreon.com/Widdershins")
Hi Kate,
found the mistake. I keep the page enlarged - The Better to See You! -, so I didn't find the link. My bad.
"Take a break! Come away with us for the summer!"
Enjoy yourself! Take a longer break if you need it!
Also, it is clear that you studied postures and facial expressions: this whole page is a delight!
i know that with you taking a break it may not be the best time to ask this lol but where has been the bird dude this whole time?
I'd complain that she's teacupping the gun, but she did just punch a dude.
EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS PAGE IS AMAZING.
This sequence of events is so delicious and well executed. I love how Harry cuts through the mayhem and confusion.
I love Harry so much
There are so many things happening in these panels, and each of them is more beautiful than the last.
Also, while we can't see it because her arms are in the way, Harry looks to be wearing one helluva shit-eating grin.
Facing down the baddies with Sid, Gren, and a trusty sidearm? She's in her happy place.
KA-POW!
Taken down by Big Daddy BEEF!
Good straight right from Rajeev there!
I was expecting Harry to stand there with a gun pointed at her, and calmly say to Sid "You took the bullets already?" Sid would of course put out his hand, holding the bullets from every gun in the room.
You are missing Jack from the tags!
Oooh, yeah, even now! Maybe because he's just falling out of frame on the last panel?
Oh yeah, my boy Sid knows how to give his lady a proper welcome-home present. ^_^
(I'm cheering loudly in my heart, because my computer is in the bedroom and my wife is still sleeping.)
I can't help but think Harry's internal monologue as she points the pistol is, "I'm in desperate need of tobacco, a good meal and a shower, in that order. Do not tempt me."
Can I just say, that last panel is absolutely beautiful composition; so striking, putting the focus perfectly on Harry and the gun, but it also gets ALL TWELVE CHARACTERS into the background.
Also, Mrs. Malik in panel three is so funny!
I've got, like, 10 different epic fight music tracks fighting for the chance to automatically start playing in my head. Unfortunately the result is a confused mush of trumpets and electric guitars and violins and drums and other instruments I've never listened closely enough to actually identify, several groups of people getting half a line into chants in various languages that I don't understand and am probably imagining incorrectly anyhow before falling silent, with the whole thing changing time signatures about once every two seconds and never actually finishing a musical "phrase" (I think I'm using that term right), which really isn't very epic sounding at all. But it's the thought that counts, right? Even if it is an involuntary thought.
Ballroom Blitz? [https://www.youtube.com/wat...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewFBuYHldeY "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewFBuYHldeY")
Damn, that works better than any of the other things I was hearing
As badass as this moment of teamwork is, I can't help but imagine how hilarious it would've been Sid's feathery thief friend had pilfered the gun out of Harry's hands just as she brought them in front of the henchman ^_^
I can't believe I binged this entire comic in two days. And now I've caught up. What am I going to do with my life now?!
Happy to see you here, BlazingStar :)
Happy to be here! Are you simply greeting me or have we met on the disqus of another comic?
I see you hanging around Star Trip at least, we exchanged a few comments long ago ;) because I liked your avatar...
Re-read; there's a TON(NE) of detail and foreshadowing and Chekhov's guns (and other nouns) and character development in this universe!
I feel like this question is a bit late but...
Is Eliza going to be willing to admit to Knotty that she was wrong about who the witch is? Is this something she will find supper embarrassing, or has she had to do this type of thing before?
Eh, she's a big enough person that I think she'll accept the facts as presented to her. And she'll probably just drop the "minor" fact that she was wrong about the witch's identity into the middle of her exciting tale as she's gleefully regaling Will and Knotty with it. :-)
Absolutely gawddamned magnificent!!!
Didn't think it was possible for me to love this story any more than I already did, but - !!
Sid's parents are ADORABLE. Badass, yes, but adorable. I want to see his mom bash a baddie over the head, if one tries anything sneaky while the chaos reunions happen. "And STAY down!" Perhaps with an umbrella. Then back to fussing over her baby boy.
And I have not seen any mention of Heinrich's complete relief at how the situation has resolved itself...
I know, his face is just priceless!
I think this scene is my favorite this year!!!
was rereading this scene and yep, still the COOLEST gun catch!