August 7th, 2015
8 Aug 2015 · page 513 of 1306
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Cast: Henry Barber, Isabelle Holt, Ms Invidia, Ms Superbia
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Well, then. My theory that they aren't actually the personification of the Sins suddenly gets some more backing.
One assumes they're like the sins' other human flunkies like Voss, etc.
Perhaps Luxuria's plan is to stuff the Sins inside of them and he has actually spent a significant amount of time finding especially suitable hosts.
It's been awhile, but wasn't Voss only originally able to see Envy because he was so attuned to that emotion and due to the fact he was at a powerful magic site where Envy could actually manifest?
He felt powerful envy while visiting an "anchor" of magic and that accidentaly summoned Envy without the summoning circle. And only he could see it because humans don't see spirits unless inside summoning circle (except O'Malley), but Voss had a stone or something that Envy used as a mobile anchor and also i guess because he is the the one that summoned Envy.
I was under the assumption that they ~became~ the sins.
Now that you mention it, that would explain why Envy's personality is so different from the last time we saw her
It would also explain the presence of Gorilla-man, who is representing Gluttony in this chapter. We met him back in chapter 4, when he was working for Gluttony. If he wasn't the Spirit in human form in that chapter, he wouldn't be now either. And that implies that the others also aren't the Sins in human form.
Mr. Luxuria is the one question mark. Considering that he was beheaded and is still alive nearly 200 years later, he's super-human at the very least, if not the actual personification of Lust.
It is and isn't. There's glimmers of this Invidia in the form Voss summoned and vice-versa.
Wow, Invi has a very scary "she knows too much!" face.
That she does.
Invidia in that last panel makes me think of this:
Ah! Marie! It is you!!
wince Well, somebody might have put herself on the disposable list, there. Thank goodness for Flashbacksville. :/
OOOOOOOoo potential reveal for what's going on? Yes please.
Oh, you wouldn't be THAT lucky. Kate's going to tease and taunt us for a while longer... >:-D
"Big deal, neither are we."
Or are they? Maybe they are merely vessels for the deadlies and not them incarnate. We will see.
If they're vessels, they'd know that they're no longer quite human either. Voss wasn't when Invidia was in full control of his body either.
But still pretty close compared to a fully incarnate deadly. I would say superhuman instead of not quite human.
Except the more I think about this they are maybe the planned vessels or the weakly possessed vessels or some other relationship that maintains their humanity at this time.
I simply love the range of expressions in that last panel.
Le gasp!
So they needed rescuing from the guillotine, but His Grace the Duke of Kent could walk away from an axe decapitation? I'm definitely joining the "only Luxuria is a deadly and the others are regular humans" camp.
I dunno. Maybe he saved them by turning them into a beings that react to beheading like you would to appointment with a dentist?
I vote for all being "human", but all have rather close relations to a deadly, to the point where it can be hard to tell the difference. Luxuria has considerable magic power, but these only need be in addition, and we are viewing a magic world, where having one's head cut off need not be that serious. So he need not be especially closely tied to the deadly.
Of course, Envy had a pretty full personality last time, so one or several of our 7 may not be human, but I will still vote for all human.
~ Tilde? ~
It's short for Matilde, a variant spelling of Mathilda.
An old Germanic name meaning "mighty in battle", giving us another appropriate first name.
I'm inclined to think they are all the Sins, and the "le gasp!" looks in the last panel is their appropriate reaction to Isabelle's on-the-nail observation.
Maybe. But then the question is, why would they have needed saving from the guillotine? Luxuria, aka Duke of Kent, is somehow still alive nearly 200 years after his own beheading, which suggests he either is the actual Spirit of Lust or has a very close relationship with the Spirit. If the others were the same for their respective Spirits, escaping getting their heads lopped off probably wouldn't be something they would feel they owe him for.
Unless he shared how to do it without having to go looking for a new avatar/ stooge...
I guess that's possible. But the Deadlies have never shown any particular care for their human lackeys before, so I don't see why they would care now.
I like that Henry's still twitching at his bonds.
Wouldn't you be too? This is mortal danger type 'fun' here.
Well, yes, but I meant it as an appreciation of the attention to small details. It's the little things that make this comic so much fun.
I'm always thrilled when someone spots a small detail, thank you!
This Pride is so much more fantastic than earlier/later peacock Pride. I find myself torn between hoping nothing bad happens to her, and knowing that Pride isn't around in the "present day"...
Yeah, I can't tell if that's a "Wait, /what/?" expression in the last panel or a "Oh crap she figured it out." expression either.
Definitely "wait what" expressions. All is, as they say, not as it seems.
I think it's more the "Oh, Crap..." variety- because one's livid furious about the revelation and the other's got a deer in the headlamps type look on her face.
Second panel made me ship Invidia and Superbia together.
Oh, Isabelle. So brilliant, so naive.
it it because hes an ALIEN!?!?!?!!
I love Invidia!! Her faces in this panel are superb