July 19th, 2019
19 Jul 2019 · page 914 of 1306
A change of career does sound pretty good right now, actually.
Psst, the Apothecary pins are back in stock, with some new varieties of poison!
Cast: George Knott, Robert Hackett, Vincent Knott, Will Sharpe
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unusual circumstances for meeting the parent but at least saving you from hanging your son is a pretty good first impression
"I never wanted to be a hangman! I...I always wanted to be...a LUMBERJACK!"
(With apologies to Monty Python)
… and now I got that song stuck in my head... you are on the list!!!
breaks into song
I cut down trees, I wear high heels!
Suspendies and a bra!
I wish I'd been a girlie, just like my dear Papa!
Oh, Bevis! And I thought you were so butch!
He's got a little list!
And I'll be sure to check it twice!!
Hey, that's ok
...I wonder if the cops think he's a random anti-hanging protestor causing chaos. I mean it's not like most of the crowd there would know what the real convict looks like, and unless these cops were the ones keeping him when would they have seen him?
Oh, the horror in George's visage when he yanks the hood off Knotty's head... that poor man really loves his son and I think HE might rethink his career options after realizing he nearly executed him… :-|
That expression was -very- well drawn. I feel the heartache/panic just looking at it.
Yes.
Totally agreed.
The whiplash between that and Sharp being funny is dizzying.
It's a damned good thing that Wrath isn't still wandering around, because in about thirty seconds there's gonna be a focal point of it generated that even might be visible to non-mages.
Oh yeah.
Always double-check your subjects.
Looks like the fewmets are about to hit the windmill for Bob Hackett and Dr Flack. Is there an Ecuadorian Embassy in Widdershins?
If there is, I hope there's heavy metal to blast at 3,000db. Though that was the Vatican embassy, wasn't it?
Given this story is set in the 1830's, they have rather a long time to wait until there even is such a thing either heavy metal or sound systems like that (though a magical equivalent could certainly be created for the latter).
"I have discovered a new emotion for imbuing!"
"Excellent! What do you call it?"
"Well, it's very implacable, and tough, and full of power, so I want to call it... 'Rock'?"
Could always build a foundry next door though. Hot, smelly and noisy, just like a metal gig, but far less fun.
Heck yeah, time for industrial
I saw Motorhead live once. That's pretty much what they sounded like.
Heavy metal? Amateurs. Play “It’s a Small World”. Non-stop. For 17 hours. But make sure your people have noise-cancelling headphones.
“The Enchanted Tiki Room” is worse, but it is banned by most human rights conventions.
No need to jump to Weapons of Mass Destruction, bro. We're only after one guy. Sheesh.
And I don't actually mind the Tiki Room song. At least for two or three repetitions.
They all say that. For the first two or three hours.
How about that infamous elevator muzak...The Girl From Ipanema. (Also known for being overused on call waiting systems.)
I'm going to report you guys to The Hague... :D
The perfect time to discuss career options and to reconsider one's craft! Seems like the hangmen profession will lose one of its brightest stars...
Did the hood stop him talking?
Maybe the rope holding the hood in place was positioned such as to double as a gag?
He went "Mmf!" [here](https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/2nd-july-2019 "https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/2nd-july-2019"), so something stopped him.
Vincent, I do believe both you and your dad are going to rethink your employment after this incident
Man, I think this will haunt them both for quite some time T_T
You're going to break my heart and not take up the family business after all I've done for you?! Get your head back in that noose, boy!
Huh, Knotty wasn't gagged? I wonder how the hood muffled him so much, then?
What a great page, though. Poor George and poor Knotty.
The panel progression would have worked worse if a gag had been involved, essentially
Just claim that part of the hood had been shoved in his mouth. Thus removing the hood also removed the "gag".
Yeah, with the rope (the hood-holding one, not the other one) in the right place, it could double as a gag.
Well I didn't think it was very funny
Neither did Vincent, really.
Or simply assume that Will pulled the gag off between the last two panels.
Go with a silence spell imbued in the hood.
Gotcha, makes sense. Thanks!
Muffled his voice with plot armor...works for me. :)
There could be a big plug of cloth attached to the inside of the hood, inserted into the mouth when the hood is put on.
Prevents cursing, swearing and the making of baleful maledictions that could offend delicate ears.
Of course it can't be seen, as it comes out when the hood is removed.
Works for me.
what about the hood being imbued with silence?
This whole sequence is absolutely magnificent. J'adore!
(Probably bad French, but whatever. 'Murica.)
Nah, your French was actually correct.
I'm very impressed that after everything Knotty's just been through, he still has enough self-possession left to make that wry remark in the last panel!
Are you kidding? If anything this adventure has INCREASED his witty-remark-saying capacity. (Sharpe's influence no doubt ;) )
I bet you feel even stupider for shoving him off a cliff now, Mayor Hackett, don't you?
But the experiment was a success, because now they know what's down there.
No, Eliza and Will do.
Much earlier in the chapter:
Vincent: Eliza, it’s... a-after Mum died, all he’s got left is his business, and me.
Eliza: Pretty sure he puts those in the correct order, though.
Yes. Yes, he definitely does.
OK reading that put me on an archive binge of this chapter and oh wow are there a lot of foreshadowing jokes.
My favourite so far is Sharpe saying "Then I'll have a date with the hangman and non of us seem to want that do we?" and now everyone is shipping the two of them and he wants a date with the hangman in the metaphorical sense too.
Gotta love that this is happening in the rain. Since Professor Flack hasn't melted yet, she'l have to face her sentence.
Gee, I wonder if perjury is a capital offense . . . leaving aside the fact that the contents of the paper are a summary of her research. I wonder who supports capital punishment now?
Not them!
Okay, Vincent is safe(r), now time to save Rana!
I'm sure Sharpe will get off the hook with Vincent and Eliza backing him up, and they'll probably bring Hackett on trial once they un-Sharpen (inaccurate now, but Flacken doesn't have the same ring to it) Councilwoman Rana, but by the time they get to all that, Flack will probably have made her escape. She's probably in the midst of that now with the confusion on the stand.
Flack doesn't know that Sharpe wasn't the only survivor, so she might gun it for Rana to release the influence to destroy evidence of Sharpe's argument for his defense... only to find that Rana has been fully informed as to the state of her condition.
Well sharpe, you seem awefully cheery and well dressed for your Execution, Ready to face death from the looks of it.
Dressed to die.
"Let's get your hand away from that lever, how do you do sir, have a handshake."
Just noticed Vincent's "mission accomplished" face in panel 4.
*Will's
Looks more like an “Oh thank god, we did it, I did it, he’s okay” face to me; but yes, I agree, it’s A+
The comdemned man is now in the appointed place at the appointed time and has freeley confirmed his identitiy. Everything is ready and all personnel are present and correct.
So: we can simply resume the procedure at this point having resolved a trifling administarive hiccough...
one question though.... who was responsible for the hiccup. and also don't they traditionally get last words? I mean knotty's dad knows flack was in the cell and put the hood on the "prisoner" herself. that means she knew who was under there.
Fair question. However we can go ahead and get the job done as specified now and enquire into the administrative issue in due course.
There is no problem in letting the prisoner have a few last words at this point (not always a right) as they are considered a sentiment have no legal value.
May Robert Hackett be charged with being a co-conspirator in the attempted murder of two individuals, the tampering of an execution, unlawful political campaign discourse, and *causing a disturbance*.
looks at gay couple so which one of you is the one whose sent to be hanged and which one of you is the hangman?
I've just realised what incredibly good white shiny teeth everyone has.
So do you, good sir, so do you!