July 28th, 2017
28 Jul 2017 · page 718 of 1306
Sid, you goof.
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Cast: Benjamin Thackerey, Harriet Barber, Heinrich Wolfe, Jack O'Malley, Sidney Malik, Verity Cunningham
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Harry: Were you the one keeping Pride from--?
Verity: I don't know what you're talking about
Complimenting someone into self-doubt is the Sid Maneuver.
Wooooooow
Krk!!!
One "Krk", yes, Wolfe made more. :) Would be one enough?
I wonder who is pulling Sid away...
I hope so. After all she admited that Sid is more nice that her :) thumb up
And my guess is it's Wolfe, who is pulling him away.
Her speech and outline changed colour at the end too!
(yeah, Wolfe. No cuffs.)
Oh, good catch! I noticed the lettering changing color, but I hadn't spotted that the outline of her figure changes too. It looks like a gradual process - her right hand is still outlined in purple, but by the time the line gets to the top of her hair it's solidly black.
InÂ0Â mode. But the background of her word-balloon is still purple a little whereas "Wil that do?" of Wolfe had a white one (or it seems so to me). Well, it is a middle of the process, I'd wait for the next page. :)
I never noticed her outline changing color. Nice catch.
Wolfe. Juging by position of the arm, it's a tall man. And he doesn't wear mangettes cuffs.
Yeah, lack of cuffs is proof. :)
Note also that in panel three Wolfe pulls Ben out of the way.
With Pride now trying to use sharp claws instead of trickery, Wolfe is best able to face down that aspect, both physically and psychologically. Of course he moves to confront it, to protect the others. Trademark Wolfe-brand heroic selflessness... How will Vee react to seeing that, I wonder?
I think Pride is now just enough affaibli to be caught by Mal... On the wing :)
Huzzah! Go, Sidney! :D
See, there's that sidekick envy again.
Well, I suppose using Envy to defeat Pride makes sense.
Envy is already sealed, so it's fine now, right?
Oh, just noticed, here text colour changes in the last panel.
(the joys of partial colourblindness XD)
I think a couple of readers are colorblind. Maybe we should be pointing out colorplay for them/you?
Well, rather than invisible, I guess i had a harder time to notice
And rather than noticing, I absorbed it subconsciously.
Actually, the color change is so subtle, I missed it, too.
Aaand there we go!
Come to think of it, that's probably the only way this would work - I can't see Vee deliberately admitting something about herself the way Wolfe did, but if she says it without thinking in a moment of frustration...
Honestly....I did not see this coming.
This is hilarious. Sid is the Hummingbird of Relentless Joy.
Now I want to see Sid and the Purple Hippo of Happiness together!
The Blue Bird of Happiness!
Oh my gosh, she did it! I'd be proud of her, but, well, you know...
Despite it all, they really are cousins.
Good point - this is essentially the same reaction that Ben had to Wolfe two pages ago.
Yep. Harry worked with Vee long enough to get a VERY good idea of her probable reactions.
I think it would be amusing if pride takes a swipe at Sidney, misses because Wolfe pulled him out of the way, and hits the mirror to give it the final blow to set Vee free. It doesn't seem like that's how it should work but it would be fun.
It would also be amusing if Vee gets in a crack along the lines of "Oh look, that really tacky guy is back" before Pride is hauled off to be desummoned.
One of the great things about fantasy is making big, abstract struggles something more literal and physical. So if someone hits the mirror after it's started cracking, then yes, that should absolutely work.
(Of course, in keeping with that just smashing the mirror before they started breaking free on its own would be to shatter their ego forever, beyond repair. So that's why they didn't just solve that problem that way!)
"Hrm. Bet I know who."
She probably bets it's Ben Thackerey. So prideful, that one. sage nod
Actually, I'd be really surprised if she even remembers his name!
But seriously, I love Sid! It's like he can't even fathom someone NOT wanting to better themselves. He just thinks everyone needs some more encouragement. "You can be awesome! Show how awesome you are by admitting something bad about you!"
Gotta admit, I wasn't expecting Sid to trigger Verity's self-doubt about the fact that Harry chooses to no longer partner with her. Good job being the nice goofball Sid.
That adorable "I believe in you!" is perfect. I love Sid.
Especially combined with that wave and the mile wide smile.
Up till now I'd been thinking Verity's jealously of Sid was based on the fact that Harry, someone she cares about and respects in her own way, has not only thrived since ending their partnership but has chosen someone who seems unsuited to the job Verity prides herself on and the two of them are doing so well together. But Verity's confession makes it sound like she thinks the partnership didn't work because she wasn't good enough as a person and I don't know what to do with that except be sad.
And then I started wondering about her aversion to wizards, because it seems odd that she would have such a big one considering that her grandfather and cousins (and possibly more family members that we don't know about) are wizards, and then started wondering if maybe she feels lacking because of that and I don't know what to do with that either.
It's like suddenly she went from the Personification of Spite to a Real Person in your head!
That probably sounds really sarcastic, but I'm being sincere. (Annnd this is a really big deal that people should be applying to real-world situations, especially me since I often define people based on their negative qualities as I perceive them.)
Ooh, ouch.
Granted, the hippo doesn't seem to bother him in that way, but still...
Poor Verity. I almost feel sorry for her, thinking that it's no wonder Harry likes Sid better. Even if she's right, it's still sad. But then, Verity can be rather hard to like. At times. Many of them.
I like the detail of Mal's hands shaking with effort in the first two panels.