January 1st, 2019
1 Jan 2019 · page 862 of 1306
Happy New Year!
Cast: Eliza Swift, Vincent Knott
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Eliza is good people. ^_^
Heh... She kind of reminds me of the Widdershins version of the Question, from JLU TAS.
(Granted, she looks much nicer.)
Ask the globe... ;P
You had me at "it doesn't add up" ^^
Deep-rooted political conspiracy? Perfect way to start off 2019! Or whichever year this arc takes place in, I suppose.
Eliza is a really good friend. The awesome cat is a bonus.
Some would argue that the cat is awesome and Eliza being a really good friend is the bonus. ;-)
Ah, true love.
In this case, true love being that whiny puppy who drags your beaten up sweater back to you.
Hello Kate,
a very happy New Year to you!
you might not remember me, but I met you at the MCM London and had to admit, to my shame, that somehow I never made it into Widdershins. I finally rectified that, and the comic is wonderful. Witty, well-made, with a delightful bunch of no-nonsense heroines - well, and some tough fellas, too.
So, have a very good year!
Happy Knott Year! May the protagonists' time at the Sharpe end pass Swift-ly! (Or (K)not(t), if you prefer! >:=)
You magnificent bastard.
A friend of Hackett uh
Hey.
As if I didn't already.
I love this character now.
I love Knotty's face in the last panel. (I'm kind of curious about what he would look like with his hair out of the little fluffy ponytail...)
I love both their faces in the last panel. The way Eliza lets the grump slip a bit and (briefly) gives a glimpse of how much she's really enjoying this.
Of course, it's a benign conspiracy. Once it becomes common knowledge that it's very easy to use magic for mind control, that's probably the end of Magic (and possibly civilisation) as we know it. Half the people will be trying to control other people and the other half will be wielding burning torches and pitchforks to burn all the wizards. No matter what the personal cost, The Authorities must act fast and ruthlessly suppress this knowledge before it Destroys the World!
"It is impossible to overstate the risk that this new technique poses to normal, ordinary people -- wizards want to herd us like sheep, to own us like cattle.
But this time, they've gone too far: this naked power grab, this new tool, designed to enslave us by controlling our very minds, has shown clearly their plan -- a plan which can only be described as an evil plot launched by a would-be evil emperor. We must -- MUST -- stand up now, and prevent this future dark age.
Kill them! Kill them all! Start with this one, but don't stop there. Rip this weed out by the roots. Kill the wizards! They are wicked! They must die!"
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Thank you, thank you. My work here is done.
I love her so much!!!!
(Oh. There really is a violet-colored wall in this room. It's not just Will's Pride, because he's not here, so that clears up that confusion in my head!)
Yay Eliza! Smart as a whip, level headed, imaginative, staunch friend.
Going from the first panel of [https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/december-11th-2018/ "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/december-11th-2018/") , the violet-colored walls seem to actually be window coverings (with some artistic license via leaving out furniture, etc when the focus needs to be on the characters and not the things around them, heh). However, since the tone of them varies, the panels they feature as backgrounds in do turn more violet when someone's Pride acts up (especially Will's, but it's happening with Eliza and maybe Knotty on this page, too). :)
Let's see... Mayor Hackett is worried about the upcoming election, so he decided to take a leaf from the book of his previous opponent, Ms. Fairbairn, and manufacture a crisis. Because Councilwoman Rana is running on an anti-death-penalty platform, he's set up a fall guy whom he can point to and say "Look what kind of dangerous criminals would be running loose if this penalty was abolished!" I'm not sure where Prof. Flack comes into it, but he would have needed her help to arrange for Will’s conviction.
Maybe, but..... I dunno. I mean, you can call Will a dangerous Lunatic Wizard, trying to mind control everyone, but ...he doesn't really fit the part. He's not frothing or scary looking, just insufferable. If I was trying to justify the death penalty, I'd be looking for someone like Macavity or one of his thugs, someone good and scary. The prison must be full of people like that and, if not, there's probably a couple of scruffy looking beggars you can pin a murder or two on and have them be all creepy and everything.
Basically, I can see your argument working in theory, but it seems like there's easier ways to do what you suggest that don't involve putting Will on death row. And, with Will's paper on "Mind Control" missing.... Well, it just seems like there are ...Other ways to influence a vote that might involve Will needing to be dead first.
All valid points! I was just trying to think like Eliza.
alternative idea, the mayor is trying to kill Will so that he can steal his research and mind control the populous into voting for him (the lady that pretty much everyone suspects stole the notes is in on it, and promised a very cushy job/is planning to double-cross him). Plus, getting a "dangerous wizard" killed, like you said, will be great publicity against Rana's anti-death-penalty platform (maybe not for those who know him, true, but for people only hearing about it on paper it'll seem legit).
But the most publicly identifiable wizards in Widdershins are those at the highfalutin university. If you're going to try and sell yourself to the common man, killing off a smug student isn't a bad play. This is doubly true in the wake of the Seven Deadlies crisis, which I would bet a lot of people blame on the school.
Are you thinking of those two scruffy-looking beggars who turned up last year and started a fight in the pub? And they were foreigners! Captain Barber wanted to hang them and be done with it.
I can think of six or seven entities which have spent the last month very much wishing she'd done just that, too
If you're trying to demonstrate that the death penalty is important and shouldn't be abolished, giving it out inappropriately is evidence for the other side.
Aha! It’s Councilperson Rana behind it all. Get some charming fellow unjustly hanged, then use his matyrdom to get yourself elected!
Something about this comic that makes it extremely great is that the main characters are pretty much all likeable. Happy new year, guys!
I know! I always worry I won’t like the new characters as much as the old ones, yet I always end up liking all of them! Well, the main characters anyway. It’s quite a feat.
Honestly, I never worry about not liking the new characters. I have started to take it as a given that unless they are meant to not be liked, I might like the new characters.
it's always horribly nerve-racking to intro new folks so that's very reassuring, thanks!
My worry is that Will will become a main character and we will be stuck with his insufferableness for a while, but
a) Kate has done a fantastic job developing characters so far so I'm willing to believe she can change my opinion on Will.
b) I can still enjoy a webcomic even if I don't like one of the main characters(E.g., I don't particularly like Sette but Unsounded is another one of my favorite webcomics)
so I'm not too worried :P
You read Unsounded too? Nice! I wondered when I would find a reader of that one out of the comic community itself.
What is it about the position of Mayor of Widdershins that seems to bring out the worst in people?
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Happy New Year to everybody and especially to you, Kate!
And a big thank you for my book that arrived in December with the sketch I wished for. This is sooooooo great, thank you! :-)
Happy new year, everyone!
What are Eliza's digits? I'm in love.
Oh Lord, I just realized the tooth gap and sandy hair (not to mention brilliance) make Eliza look like a grown-up Gretchen from Recess!