January 27th, 2023
27 Jan 2023 · page 1152 of 1306
By god, it's Florrie with a steel chair!
Cast: Florence De Montfort, Gren, Harriet Barber, Sidney Malik
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"Upstanding" being the key word there, I think ... but that doesn't mean she's wrong. Probably just not right in the way she or Sydney are thinking.
Perhaps she already has the rings and was going to propose to him during the holiday? That could also play a bit to the humor if his magpie friend steals it and spoils it somehow.
Or magpie steal someone else's ring, then even more drama insues.
Or young, perhaps. How old are they at this point?
I think after the timeskip Sid is late 20s and Harry is early 30s? (I haven't got round to doing ages on the wiki but I will be glad when I have, it's hard to keep track of lol)
That’s let the cat out of the bag. They probably heard her in Halifax.
More like Florrie on her steel Throne
Harry definitely knows what's going on right? Florrie is hardly the most subtle of people, and Harry is just rolling her eyes at the drama and waiting for it to all die down.
I would not be surprised if Harry heard Sid's original proposal when he came through the door and is just waiting for a Florrie-free moment to say Yes.
Note that Florrie herself doesn't seem to entirely buy what she's saying. After being dramatic for a moment, she's over it and returns calmly to her tea.
But Mrs de Montfort. You aren't wearing a wedding ring.
was wondering if u were going to point that out lol
Question is whether she is still a Mrs or just doesn't like rings. Have we ever met Mr. Montfort? Starting to wonder if he even exists.
Only from the safety of the fourth wall.
While hiding behind the sofa.
And wearing a tin hat.
Who says she's an upstanding young lady?
You only need a ring for the proposal, obviously :P
what about wedding ring?
she's GOT to know right...
No doubt at all. Look at panel three in the previous page. There’s a huge grin on her face! 😂
Kate has form for those concealed smiles - remember Witch Hunt where she comes back through the Door and Sid chucks her the gun?
Decent odds at some point in this chapter she's gonna propose to him
It would be incredibly awkward if she didn't. It's not the kind of thing that's polite to spring on someone out of nowhere. (At least, that's how I feel.)
also if anyone's interested but not on tumblr the results of the favourite book poll are in :) green eyed monster won but every book was many people's favourite which is nice :)
Can’t believe the two books starring the main character score the lowest.
my girlfriend stands firm that Vanishing Act would be everyone's 2nd favourite choice
...who's the main character?
The World’s Greatest Hunter. Who else?
Gren's ears popping up in the bottom left panel! 😂
cut to florrie whacking sid with a chair
"She's broken him in half!!!"
Sid, look at Harry, does that look like a woman who wears rings? Trust your instincts.
And in the last panel Florrie's just sitting there sipping her tea like "Who me?"
I can really relate to Sid's confusion. Poor guy's stuck between a rock and a Florrie.
I proposed with a pocket watch.
Acceptable alternative!
Nooo! Don't mess with Sid's confidence!
-PANIK-
I'm amused that we have kept Florrie (probably very deliberately) from knowing Lancelot Sydney Arthur Oliver Malik's full name.
Honestly, I'm with Sydney. She wouldn't want a ring.
She'd probably begrudgingly accept one if offered, though. For him.
Ooh, a full name ultimatum!
Ring? Knuckle-duster? Ah, decisions, decisions ...
FLORRIE! Stop giving our boi a panic attack!
The funniest thing is the last panel, with Sid obviously unable to conceal his distress and panic, while Florence, after causing the drama, was instantly able to go back sipping tea looking peaceful as soon as Harry opened the door. The contrast always makes me chuckle every time I open the page. :-D
I wonder if that was her intent? The dramatic reaction to cause a panic, and then immediately acting less distressed once that's accomplished, means she might have achieved her goal. Is she running interference to stall him so that Harry can go first?
I've read that rings were more of a 20th century thing , thanks in large part to Tiffany's in NYC.