August 16th, 2019
16 Aug 2019 · page 921 of 1306
do what you're good at. even if it's sales.
Cast: Parsley, Vincent Knott, Will Sharpe
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Oh dear. Looks like Eliza has weaponized Will's personality.
May he used his newfound powers for good...
In his case I think "good" is relative... he is now a salesclerk after all :-)
He is for now. but if Eliza leaves Will in charge of the shop for too long when she becomes a detective I am imagining Swift's Apothecary becoming a global superbrand in any flash-forwards to the current day!
Well Superdrug does seem an over-the-top name for a chemist's.
Harry comes back, everyone is very distraught and mumbling about terrible evil being unleashed in Widdershins, she's all like "what, are the buggerups wrecking the town again?" "worse" "the deadlies are back?!" "way worse" "what is it then?!" "marketing!"
Or Eliza's bank account.
Okay, maybe that qualifies as "good".
Aww I love a happy outcome.
Also Will, here's your opportunity to thank him with a date 😉
They both look so much happier now that they're not working a job they hate and/or on death row! Which I'm sure is a given but it's still lovely to see <3
Being good at sales is a superpower.
Who knows? Maybe his family will approved of him now. He might have been expelled but at least he has gainful employment.
If they're like IRL 1800's rich English folks they might be more disapproving. Not only will he not become a respectable wizard, he's bringing the taint of commerce to the family name and worse he doesn't even own the business.
Hopefully Widdershins England is better about that than the IRL 1800's.
Indeed, working for a living was somewhat considered the realm of the bourgeoisie and looked down upon by those who were born into wealth. It wasn't that you couldn't be involved in a business, you could have one as a hobby or something, but if that was your livelihood you were likely to be looked down on (though honestly it was in part due to the fact those born into wealth disliked the idea of other people who did not have their pedigree working up to a similar level of influence).
As I recall, the definition of a gentleman is someone who does not work for a living.
Will’s super cute in his little apron! (Hopefully Knotty agrees :3 ) Wondering if he can’t use his licence because it’s suspended, but he’s back at uni, or if he was permanently expelled?
he is, in fact, our second expelled wizard in the cast! sid got to keep his provisional license, but will did not, no magic for him.
Probably for the best, he didn’t seem to like it there much anyway! (but also cries in ‘my fic gets more AU with every page’ XD)
aw sorry! we're finishing up on the 27th so there's not many pages left to get in the way of headcanon!
Cries in chapter end
Think of it as an opportunity to get a new story, though.
Now I'm wondering what the technicalities are in this case. If Will has the ability to be a wizard, but is only partly trained and doesn't have a license, can he still be called a wizard, or is he just a guy who happens to have some magical potential that he isn't legally allowed to use?
"You can only call yourself a wizard if you licensed in the region of Widdershins. Otherwise it's just sparkling magic."
This just in. If you’re good at sales and wish to not sprout any new orifices, never tell anybody what you are.
Will, being good at sales? I can buy that.
You should buy it two more times to take advantage of the discount
Using his silver tongue to make gold coins, ingenious plan Eliza :D
Can't believe Eliza's cat doesn't merit a tag.
I can't understand, why Will was fined at all? What infringement did he make?
Well for starters, he broke out of prison. He also did assist Flack at the beginning so while he had no evil intend, he did help a criminal.
And, from the point of view of magical academia probably the worst offence, he did technically steal another person's research and publish it as his own (I'm guessing he did not credit Flack in that essay of his), the fact that said research was dangerous, potentially illegal in its very nature and was by said originator used for explicitly illegal purposes notwithstanding.
The magical academia is not a court. It may reprouve him, but not fine. At least I think so.
Oh you're absolutely right, for some reason I was thinking in terms of "why he got expelled". I'm not entirely sure to what extent that is prosecutable, my best guess would be the breaking out of prison part as well. And maybe just a bit of "I'm honestly a bit confused as to what exactly happened" on the side of the judge, especially if Will insisted on this whole "unaided" thing and tried to spin that story.
Well, his escape is a point, I can understand it ("entirely unaided" too 😃 - Ed.) But his help to Flack is not, I'm sure.
Plus, I doubt somebody gets a fine for breaking out of prison. The punishment for that is usually back to prison, with a few years tacked on.
Getting only fined means that Will got off with a minor offense. I'm sure the laws governing magic are pretty detailed in this universe, because of the potential danger (hence, the death penalty for willful misuse and abuse of magic), and Will was an accomplice in creating a method that was one of the worst crimes in magic. He helped her rather than report her to the authorities, and based on the April 12th page, it appears that Flack didn't exert her control over Will until he presented the method to her class. He obviously didn't initially grasp the full implications of what he was doing (being Will), and worked to stop Flack once he got out of her control, so instead of jail time or "the noose", he walked away just owing the government some coin instead.
[https://widdershinscomic.co...](https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/april-12th-2019 "https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/april-12th-2019")
Wearing white socks during the hours of darkness.
Now kiss
I wonder if Sharpe could sue Dr. Flack (and Hackett?) for flacking and scapegoating him and pay his fine from these money...
Those two may have spent any money they have on attorney fees and ended up in jail--excuse me, gaol--anyway.
At least they won't be facing the noose!
Compare panel 1 here to the first time we saw Knotty entering Eliza's shop ( [https://widdershinscomic.co...](https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/september-18th-2018 "https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/september-18th-2018") ). Not only has his stutter improved, but his expression and stance make it so clear that a weight has been lifted from his shoulders.
woop i was hoping someone would notice that! i am unsurprised that it was you :D
Parsley approves.
Also, Will's arm is OK now! Like, he moves it freely and all.
Eliza really just wanted a cat-sitter. That Sharpe is good at moving product is a bonus.
He's the kind of person that'd invent the paper bag. While it might seem underwhelming, the paper bag essentially caused markets to boom, as people could buy more items at once and not have to juggle them.
Eliza hired him but... she'll try to start to work as a detective soon too right ? XD
I ship it so hard
Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd kind of think Vincent should have tracked the process of Will's case over the month -- you know, in love and all that?
I feel like he could sell ice to an eskimo.
HE'S A DARK WIZARD!
Careful, he's using word magic!
Black magic.
Necromancy.
Marketing.
Kitty's back!
I may have said this before, but whenever I look at Will I just see Moist von Lipwig...
Considering that when we met Will he was trying to dig his way out of prison with a spoon, you have a valid point!
So valid! He definitely had that Moist-at-the-beginning-of-the-book self-centered thing, and then not only the prison digging, he got not-hanged, too. Now he seems solidly headed for straight-as-a-corkscrew.
Does Eliza sell snake oil?
No - but Will does.
I just really have to say that I love how Will was written. The author did an amazing job of setting him up as a character I hated, but grew to love as we learned more about him. This chapter has been such a fun ride.
ahhh thank you! that swing of opinion was exactly what i was aiming for with will, so i'm really glad it seemed to work!
You did it really well. He's so dang annoying to start with, and comes off almost too stupid to live. As that just drops away he becomes to likable and relatable. It makes a lot of sense that it was all just defenses and trying to build himself up, and it makes me want to learn more about him. You don't put up those defenses for no reason, and they drop pretty quickly after he realizes he's safe with Eliza and Vincent. I look forward to seeing more of these three in the future!
For me, a big part of the change of opinion came from watching him interact with Knotty - much like how my opinion of Vee changed dramatically after seeing her with Ben.
Your next question should be: "when do you get off-shift?"