June 21st, 2019
21 Jun 2019 · page 906 of 1306
He does.
Cast: Eliza Swift, Will Sharpe
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Eliza gets the Mom Friend of the Year Award 🏆
The blush! The kindness! The cluelessness! Why is everything so freaking cute!?
Cute is the best thing ever - it means lack of pre-judgement and prejudice, it means innocent and open to consideration. It means everything is possible, even if it isn't always achievable.
it's been ramping up all chapter and I'm just waiting
Eliza's last-panel expression is a perfect punchline XD Her face is just so expressive.
Oh, it seems Eliza had her share of "You are broken" from her parents. :/
And "I know that look", I think she talks about Knotty's fear of disappointing his dad.
Sharpe: you know, I'd say that the parents that don't care about their son's hanging are much more disappointing, broken, whatever, than their son is. How did you put it? Bad persons, yeah!
I don't doubt it. When I first came out, my parents tried to convince me being transgender was just a phase. Thankfully they have become the biggest supports I have (I'm currently living at their house after getting my bachelors until I can score a job). All too many transgender folks get no support at all from their families.
Wee..eell: If you had to come out, a phase change, then it is just a phase: It might be a very long lasting, probably final, phase - but it is just a phase.
Think of it more like: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly; all phases but you have probably reached your butterfly.
I read that first sentence and made the universal "cut the mic" gesture as hard as I possibly can, but alas, this comment was already set in stone.
Seriously, don't tell a trans person "it actually is just a phase". I get what you think you're trying to say, but that's still grotesquely rude any way you slice it.
Yeah, it's not worth arguing semantics on this if you're making someone hurt, ultimately.
I however really LOVE this metaphor bc it took so long for me to figure out who I was, bc none of the labels that existed at the time seemed to fit - clearly not straight, but neither lesbian nor bi really fit, bc nobody was talking about dysphoria and non-binary sexuality in any meaningful way when I was growing up, but each was a stage in growing self-acceptance that helped me reach the next level. Seeing them as instars on the way to maturity is wonderful, instead of thinking of them as ‘oh I was so stupid then, ugh’
I never got it from my parents, I got it from myself. I still have to tell the intrusive thoughts off sometimes.
I was fortunate. Coming out to my parents vastly improved a relationship that I thought coming out might destroy.
Oh there are lots of people out there who are like inherently bad. But not that many people who are actually inherently bad.
...
I'll see myself out.
IMHO, about 10% of people will be good no matter what you do to them, about 10% will be evil no matter what, and the other 80% of us are shaped by our upbringing and experiences to one extent or another.
I thought it was more like 3% on each end :P
It's certainly open to debate. Or even better, research. Somehow.
Well, the ship hasn't sailed yet, but provisions are being loaded.
LAUGH Oh I love this statement SO much. ON the nose, sir/ma'am.
One lesson many have to learn is that once your parents think you’re disappointing, there’s really little you can do to change their minds. So take your own advice there, Will. Find someone better and hold on to them.
I don’t think you’ll have to look far.
I dunno, space is wonky and they fell a ways, whose knows how far knotty is right now? (Or did you mean Eliza? She certainly is better than Will's parents. I don't think she'd go for being held onto the way Knotty might though)
Yes, this is exactly the sort of discussion to be having in what may or may not be a metaphysical space under/inside the anchor!
I think Eliza may have prevented Will from summoning the Demon of Self-Doubt, but she's about to summon a Shipping Succubus herself...
Aw, that blush (≧◡≦)
Eliza Swift, Romance Detective hard at work XD
I like Eliza's look on the last panel. :) I read it as "Now I'm going to use the big guns. Fire!" :lol:
I read it as “I’m going to overstate things a wee bit to keep Sharpe from curling up to die, and then I’ll enjoy watching Knotty squirm for getting me into this!”
Folk may have to get out the clue bats; I didn’t really pick up on any motivation for Knotty beyond “I must avoid actually hanging someone!”
That was certainly his motivation to start with, but I think by now he's come to like Will as a person. It's probably most evident on this page: [https://widdershinscomic.co...](https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/april-16th-2019 "https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/april-16th-2019")
Thanks for the link! I thought that was more like psychological first aid, but you have a point.
Oof. No wonder we haven't heard anything about Eliza's family except for the reference to Cousin Errol picking up her old clothes. Fortunately she has a best friend who likes her exactly as she is...
Looks like y'all aren't the only ones shipping the two pretty boys. ^_^
I have a bit of a problem with this.
His family's expectations of him are totally broken...but he's still Widdershin's Rincewind.
Rincewind fan here A lot of people would take it as an offense to Will, but I don't. :)
Being a bit nitpicking, I can point out some differences, though. Like, Rincewind passed no one exam in his studying. Or like, Rincewind would never trust Dr. Flack because he is much more cynic than Sharpe.
Well, given your picture, I'm sure you're a Rincewind fan. I'm sure that Benji is, in fact, a Rincewind fan. After all, he wants to find at least one wizard against whom he compares favorably. And I'm sure he'd welcome meeting Will for exactly the same reason.
(Also, Benji is very like Rincewind: when push comes to shove, either of them would has the guts to pick up a rock in a sock and face down the most terrifying monster imagined.)
=== Benji is very like Rincewind ===
Never! (Sorry.)
When push comes to shove, Rincewind would has the guts to pick up a rock in a sock.
But Ben has always guts to do it.
But only Rincewind has elevated running away to the level of a martial art form.
Whaaaaaaa...? The class presentation was a bit ill-advised, but being manipulated by someone doesn't make you incompetent.
No, but everything else we know about him shows that he is totally incompetent.
The real Rincewind would never draw so much attention to himself. Not intentionally, anyway.
So, Knotty is terrified of disappointing his father, Eliza used to be afraid of disappointing her parents, Will is afraid of disappointing his parents...I think I'm noticing a pattern with this chapter.
i literally had to warn my own (super supportive and very loving) parents before this page went up in case they took the theme to heart
The fun conversations writers and artists have with family. Had one with my grandfather and my mother about my (really bad) poem that got published in my college's literary magazine. "It's not about you! waves hands around head See, imagination!"
I am enjoying all of today's comic. This is something I think a lot of people need to hear, always and forever.
For someone who looked horrified at the prospect of talking about feelings one page ago, Eliza sure gives a good pep talk
Maybe someone gave her a similar one when she was struggling with her parents' expectations. I bet it was Knotty.
squints to make sure that's a blush and not abrasions
I've noticed something in the last few comics when Eliza and Will are together. They look alike. I mean they have the same nose, chin, ears, and eyes. I don't know if that is hint or if it's just the artist style. I will say the character drawings are varied enough plus other clues that make me think they are at the very least related.
"Cousin Eddie - is that you?"
Well, I tell the thing most obvious to me: they have totally different ears. Really. Eliza's oval ears are very distinct.
Aw, she likes and trusts Knotty that much that she even trusts his judgment about other people
Awwww, that blush!!!
I've adopted him. He's my son now, and I'm proud of my boy.
Anyone else who is relating to that feeling of never being good enough? You are my children now too. I'm proud of you all. And you are most certainly enough, just as you are.
Hey, thanks. I needed that today.
Sharpe: He likes me?
Eliza: He broke you out of prison, risking his father's disapproval, not to mention possible legal ramifications, just to clear your name. Not to mention the time he threw the handcuff key in the fire rather than let you get away ;P
Eliza Swift, best wingwoman around. laughs
BIG EYES EMOJI
OH MYYYY
The ship's gettin ready to sail
TAKE ME TO FEDEX I'M SHIPPING IT
Not a day goes by that I am incredibly thankful for two parents who let me find my own way, even if they weren't completely comfortable with the path I took.
Eliza is rocking awesome and that is all. ^_^
Awwww..!
Oh! What an adorable blush that is in the last panel! <3