August 25th, 2023
25 Aug 2023 · page 1179 of 1306
Apologies for the pause, had a pretty wretched cold.
Mal: has money now, still shoves food in his pockets at a buffet.
Cast: Gren, Harriet Barber, Jack O'Malley
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Sorry Harry, but you’re on a very important job right now. You can sulk later.
Queen should have put Verity on it instead. When your own family is half the list it is bound to get messy as is. Add in the fact the twins... yeah, Verity made the most sense.
As per earlier in the chapter, Verity is...otherwise occupied.
After 'Vanishing Act' the Queen was always going to want Harry for this job. But who invited Mrs Frederick to the rehearsal to put a spanner in the investigation?
Looks like those pockets are bigger on the inside. :)
It's a witch thing
Oh, het, those lamps went out. Is that what Mal is noticing?
Remember that Mal has the ability to see people's spirits and that those spirits reflect the emotional state of said people. This is Mal's way of noting that Harry is feeling miserable and giving her the chance to vent her feelings.
He's looking at the spirit above her head, there's a couple panels throughout the comic of him doing that (with and without the dotted line). I didn't notice the lamps were out, though, not sure if that's an intentional detail or not.
He notably did it when Harry returned from the island. He was not looking at Harry, but at a point above her head, and was saying in essence "you are worried to death about your grandparents"
I'm curious as well, why the lamps went out.
if I can be honest- I still have a cold and I'm a little dippy right now so I'm afraid I forgot to draw the flames in. I'll fix it later!
To me, he looks surprised that he doesn't see a spirit...
He sees it, but we don’t because the panel isn’t drawn in Mal-vision.
Oh, I get it! He sees more "misery" than "canapes"! I'm kinda slow...
On the other hand, I coulda told that much from her face!
Awww, Gren likes Mal! She may not be fond of wizards, but a witch is evidently different (or maybe it's just that he makes a habit of keeping food in his pockets).
I wonder if Gren and the Purple Hippo of Happiness ever play together. Gren can presumably smell it, at least
Mal Still has Money because he's shoving food in his pockets. Besides sometimes you need to soothe a bad mood with Pocket Cake :D
I love their friendship. They have the ability to be just their own cranky selves.
Mal is calm, and confident, and empathic.
And most noticeably, he is not scowling.
He grew into his role as a witch.
Also, he likes dogs. Or at least one dog. It's ok by my book.
This page is your reminder to cherish and protect Jack O'Malley.
Good Gren face.
Ah, Mal, you know several ways to a dog's heart.
Lovely to see the three of them bonding.
You literally can't pretend well enough to fool Mal.
Sure you can, but only if you've fully convinced yourself, which for the few who are maybe capable of this, probably still not healthy...
I wonder if Mal can see pets' spirits. That would make him pretty good with animals, if he could. It'd be no wonder he won over Gren so easily.
Hey, check out this one, Mal! What's he want?
Mal said he can see animal spirits in one of the Q&As, although they aren't so complicated as humans. The cover of 'No Rest for the Wicked' is in Malleyvision and includes the spirit of a cat.
We've seen Mal see animal spirits a few times, at least one cat and one dog.
how is the pastry even still intact XD
New headcanon: Posh Victorian parties offered snacks for attending dogs, too. Which were meant to be gnawed on like bones, of course.
(... or so the forgetful bakers told their employers after the first such delicacies were found in the oven the morning after.)
Obvious answer: Magic
Mal's had a LOT of practice at this!
ooooooooo, pocket pastry 😋
Has no one figured this out yet? Mal's lost his magic, same as Lei on the other side of the world.
That's what I was thinking. But he doesn't seem to be upset about it.
What makes you think that? I haven't seen any signs of it.
Is that why he looks over Harry's head in panel 2 and nothings there.
No, that's just because the panel isn't drawn from his perspective - if it were, we would see Harry's spirit and everything else would be in shades of gray.
Hope you're getting well soon!
We had been poor for a long time. After things got better, I had to downright train myself not to always grap for the cheapest - and I still can't resist things given for free...
I only have eyes for Gren on this page