January 29th, 2019
29 Jan 2019 · page 870 of 1306
I mean it's a knife, it'd better be sharp.
Cast: Eliza Swift, Vincent Knott, Will Sharpe
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Not the sharpest knife in the block, this one.
Perhaps not, but it is quite possible that the cook has the SHARPEst knife in the block...which SWIFTly may KNOTT bode well for Will. (I should be PUNished for this, and rightly so).
We won't give you as much FLACK as you seem to expect. We're not BARBERians!
What, the Doctor is named after a German anti-aircraft gun? :-)
Given when this takes place, I would assume the gun is named after her (or some relation of hers).
Flak = Fliegerabwehrkanone
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Well no wonder her family shortened their name! ;-)
No, don’t stop! Puns really ring my BELL, and your comment SHAW VOSS quite CUNNING(ham). If only I could HOLT you in my arms as we pun together and WOLFE down a delicious meal, and we shall be KING and queen of puns.
Of course, she wants it to hurt more.
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Oh, you mean Will!
The plot twist at the end of this arc is that none of these people were under a spell. They just really, really hate him
No bet. :P
Hey, Vincent, have you just called Sharpe by his first name? :)
I noticed that too! I think it's the first time.
You may begin shipping... now.
Well, he can write it down, in this case.
I love the expressions on the third panel!
You're losing them, Will...
Everything about this tells me that Will has been acting according to plan, but when he realized the school staff have all been turned against him, the plan went entirely out the window, AND I'm like 90% sure this plan isn't his, he's acting on behalf of someone. Any second now he's going to snap and say something along the lines of "This wasn't supposed to happen! I've been betrayed/tricked!"
My, oh, my. Dr. Flack HAS been a busy, little bee, hasn't she?
He wrote it down since it was easier than remember... right?
... and he don't know on the fly where the note is...
Seems like multiple people are magically inclined to kill this guy. I wonder if the judge who sentenced him to death is among the enchanted? There is obviously much more Sharpe isn't telling us. I'm looking forward to learning about it in time. As usual, the storytelling is well done.
Oooh, that's a good thought as to how he got the death penalty for writing an essay.
A lot from column A and a fair bit from column B? ;P
Hmmmmm.
Indication of Being Programmed: Red text in speech bubbles.
I wonder if Sharpe's been programmed out of knowing what the safety word is.
I think it's that Sharpe infused himself with Confidence, and if he says the safeword, he'll go back to being a quivering wreck.
I agree! Here's my theory: he's gonna pretend he forgot or otherwise hesitate to do it, until the enchanted people come close to harming either Eliza or Knotty (honestly, my money is on Knotty, equal parts bc they've been built up to be opposites and because I enjoy their character dynamic so much I ship them). Shnenanigans and drama ensues.
What if the safe word is his name? Like he's so full of himself he named it after himself and his name is the safe word. But since the effected people are saying his name, it's clear to him that someone changed it quite drastically and certainly wants him dead?
Sharpe sure is acting a lot like something's been messing with his mind. Evidence on this page: apparently sincere dismay at not being able to remember the safe word -- AND not even being able to say that he can't remember it!
Still. If he's under the influence of the 'method', why is his speech not coloured?
Another possibility is that he forgot the failsafe word all on his own, but he really, really doesn’t want to admit it. He’s built up this whole persona of the Brilliant Genius Who’s Never Wrong, despite all evidence to the contrary, and confessing that he either can’t remember the word or never set it up in the first place would mean revealing himself to be less than perfect.
"The Sharpening" XD
Will is literally tied with Mal for ''best friggin character" in my heart. He's grown on me remarkably quickly.
Eliza's expression in panel == the best.
Hm, if the Cook stabs Sharpe, Mr Knott’s dilemma could yet solve itself.
It better be or it's too dangerous to use.
Failsafe word is "bananas".
That's a better description of this situation than it is a safeword... 🙄
I don’t know why but the last panel made me think of Shaggy, and now I can’t stop imaging the gang in a classic Scooby Doo chase montage.
I have a feeling he swiped someone else's research and doesn't QUITE understand how to use the information.
They do say that a sharp knife is safer than a dull one, a Sharpe knife would just be annoying
I do hope she just throws it instead of chasing them down to stab them