February 28th, 2020
28 Feb 2020 · page 968 of 1306
Those Bronte moping moors vibes
Cast: Jack O'Malley, Purple Hippo of Happiness
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Yay! My favourite character is back! And that Irish fellow too.
Well... it's good to see he's alright. And looking adorable, at least as far as panel 3 is concerned.
Alas, it is time to face his biggest task. For saying no to Ben is easy, fun even, and saying no to Wolfe is hard but doable... but, can he say no to...
...THE PURPLE HIPPO OF HAPPINESS?!
The Hippo needs a tag, btw.
I want to give both of them a hug.
Mind, I might need to conceal O'Malley's as a curt nod and a cigarette.
Bronte moors? Surely that can't be Yorkshire. The hill tops aren't covered in clouds.
Must be one of the 5 allocated annual cloud-free days.
Hey, clouds need breaks, too! We saw sunshine over Yorkshire once. Mind you, we were just over the border in Lancs.
Penalty points for excessive cuteness. :-P
Squees over the Hippo incoming in 3... 2... 1...
Squeeeeee!
It would be very impolite to not squee at such a precious creature, so.... squeeeeeeeeeeee~
I love panel 3. I love panel 3 so much. O'Malley looks so happy.
Hard to get proper brooding done when you have a Hippo of Happiness present, isn't it?
You know, if O'Malley only had the patience for it, he'd make a decent painter.
I'm suddenly imagining him churning out garishly colored paintings because he doesn't realize what colors he's using where, since he can only see ligther and darker. So to people with color vision, his work is riotously colorful and surreal, even though he thought he was just painting very sedate, conservative landscapes.
I posed for an artist like that once, his stuff is amazing & glorious. Though I'm pretty sure he knows whether it's sedate. I got to chat with him about the importance of "value" (dark or light) versus "hue" (the actual color). I concluded value is everything. Hue is ... distraction. Beautiful distraction.
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My kitchen needs doing, if he's looking for a job.
OMG THE HIPPO IS BACK!
No tag for the Hippo? What about the Hippo?! D:
EDIT: Yay, the Hippo is now tagged!
PHH is always present. It's only that you can only see it when the O'malley is around.
He looks so relaxed and content, just for this moment the troubles of the world are far, far away.
Don’t worry. I’m sure Ms Ashwin will soon fix that.
I wonder if there's an equivalent "malform" effect of a human partially entering the spirit world and needing to be "sent back". Maybe that's what spirit influence is?
I'm pretty sure that's what happened to Harry
yo I hope you brought something warmer for the evenings, in that bag
He was wearing his coat on the first page of this chapter; I think it's on the ground under the bag.
I find it intriguing that as well as leaving his scarf behind, he's not wearing his fingerless gloves either. Maybe when he's out here alone (except for the Purple Hippo, of course), he doesn't feel the need to cover himself as protection from the rest of the world.
O'Malley is so cute!
Yess! The purple Hippo is back (dancing lap-wise on my chair), and you're coming to MCM! Now, if only that blasted virus would behave and they don't cordon up all England - and cancel the MCM, too...
A bit of tobacco and plenty of purple hippo.
All we need is for Harriet to magically appear with her pipe, and the series can end as wonderfully as it started!
Could you even call HipoHap here a bugger up? Me thinks whoever first done did it was in their heart actually really asking for a friend like that.
It's so good to see them both, and those colours are lovely.
Was this a setup? >;=)> It wasn't necessary to mention the moors, let alone describe them as Brontë or moping... but never mind, here is the song parody.
Widdershins Site (from Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush)
Out on the mopey Brontë moors,
I stroll and loll on green,
I have a hippo only I can see,
So fat, so happy,
I felt like leaving,
When they needed to employ me,
I hated it, I liked them, though.
Not feeling alright,
Didn't think I could put up with all that shite,
Leave behind the Widdershins, Widdershins,
Widdershins site.
Benjy, can't ditch, I'm the Witch,
I've come home, I'm so skilled,
I've come in through your window.
Benjy, can't ditch, I'm the Witch,
I've come home, I'm so skilled,
I've come in through your window.
Oh, it gets damp, I get hungry,
In the countryside with you,
I steal a lot, we run a lot,
Mad things that you do,
I'm coming back, Ben,
To anchor, the one place,
My only dwelling.
Too long I've roamed like a kite,
I'm coming home to the town, to put things right,
Coming back to the Widdershins, Widdershins,
Widdershins site.
Benjy, can't ditch, I'm the Witch,
I've come home, I'm so skilled,
I've come in through your window.
Benjy, can't ditch, I'm the Witch,
I've come home, I'm so skilled,
I've come in through your window.
Hey, let me stay here,
Let my malform also stay,
Hey, let me stay here,
Let my malform also stay,
You can't just ditch the Witch.
Benjy, can't ditch, I'm the Witch,
I've come home, I'm so skilled,
I've come in through your window.
REPEAT x2. FADE INTO CODA.
Ben: mutter grumble Alright... but you must keep it under control... and you'd better not have damaged that window catch... (mutter) We did need him back, but not looking like he'd slept under a bush. I'd say he could do with a kick inside- hang on, did he use the word "malform" back then? ...Well, that's a step forward at least.
>:=)>
Is it just me, or is the Purple Hippo of Happiness basically Wulfe's spirit animal? They're both so pure and adorable. Plus, they make the O'Malley smile, which is everything we comment section lurkers ever wanted or needed.
Yay for the Purple Hippo!
Aww how cute
It occurs to me that Mal probably doesn't actually know which colors are which since he's never been around anyone that could see the same colors as him. That's actually pretty sad. Maybe he asked during the day he could see colors when his Sight was taken? Hm. Guess he could have put it together that day since he's probably heard people refer to things by color and then he could see them that day and realize, 'oh that's blue' or whatever. I dunno.
We did see him ask about (and decide he enjoyed) blue, and him knowing envy was green became a plot point. So I would think that it's reasonable to assume he learned a few others while he was at it?
ooooooh... That's why the note had hearts in it... Literate hippo.