March 31st, 2023
31 Mar 2023 · page 1161 of 1306
I wasn't gonna tag these two jerks at first until they were named on page but y'all are too smart and know who they are anyway
Cast: Blake Thackerey, Bryony Thackerey, Harriet Barber, Henry Barber, Isabelle Holt, Sidney Malik
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I love Bryony's face in panel 2 :P
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My, these two have smug down pat.
I can't wait until they meet Mal. Or Eliza. Or...frankly, most of the main cast.
You know they're just too full of themselves to be properly taken down a peg by anyone.
Nyree might be able to... knowing what they really smell like might do it.
If anyone could do it, it would be Nyree.
If someone had nicked the unattended and unguarded coach with Queen Victoria inside, that would probably have done it.
Blonde, tall, smug, annoying…. These are Benji’s siblings alright
Poor poor Benjy. Explains so much.
Is it any wonder Ben is Verity's favorite cousin, when these two are the competition?
Self-determination is irrelevant. Recalcitrance is futile. You must comply.
Ignorance is strength
I want to like their clothes, but their attitudes are so awful I just can't.
These two are going to give Mal such a headache....
oooooooooo can we ride on top
I have to admire Harry's refusal to be impressed.
I love Henry and Izzy trying not to laugh in the background.
No pipe in the last few pages... did Harry quit?
They always have the exact same number of lines, don't they.
I usually don't like the introduction of new characters in the last stages of a story, because they take away time and space from other beloved characters. So to be honest I hope these 2 will be just minor "colourful" background characters (as in: "ah, we finally see them; ok, moving on").
It's true that, speaking of "new characters to be introduced", we still have to meet Mr de Montfort and I'm very much looking forward to it, but his case is different because he obviously must be important to the plot, otherwise this character wouldn't have been teased and surrounded by this mystery for so long (the final villain perhaps? Although my personal preference would be that he's a perfectly nice guy and very happily married to Flo! Just to subvert our expectations), while the twins were just names and we didn't really "need" to see them except to meet the whole T. family.
Would be amusing if Mr de Montfort is the character we never meet - no one ever talks about him and we never find out why, because no one ever talk about him. But don’t forget we’ve got to meet Mrs Elaine Barber yet.
Ha ha, that would be funny too. He exists , nothing special about him, he was just very busy elsewhere this whole time!
Ha ha, that would be funny too. He exists, nothing special about him, he was just very busy elsewhere this whole time!
My headcanon: He was an absolute rotter who treated Florrie abominably. Then one day he vanished off the face of the earth without explanation. Everyone knows Florrie did him in , but no-one ever says anything.
Wolfe better be careful ;)
I feel pretty differently! I've been really hoping to meet these two for years and while it's hard to tell at this point how much "main plot" relevance they'll have (I mean I can definitely think of some ideas but I prefer to just enjoy the ride wherever it goes) I think their impact on Ben has been pretty obvious in the previous book. I think seeing how he acts with them now will tell us a lot about his development and be an interesting end of his arc. And I think Mal's reaction will also say a lot about the development of his and Ben's relationship. So I don't see new characters as taking away from the main cast but as being there to show us new sides we wouldnt see otherwise :)
Last time Princess Victoria visited Widdershins she was attacked by an embodiment of a deadly sin, her carriage was wrecked by gunpowder and someone discharged a firearm within ten feet of her. And now we see her carriage unattended without even a footman to hold the horses. Who is in charge of security round here? Anything you’d like to add, Captain Barber?
Heck this is a royal in the 19th century, where are the attendants?
Invisible to anybody who isn't a wizard or a witch.
Not going to lie, I was half expecting the twins to go full Lutece on Harry…
X: It’s up to you what matters more:
Y: Your part in the play…
X: …or the play itself.
Y: Someone is coming.
X: She’ll arrive a princess.
Y: She must leave a queen.
Called it! Now pay up however many cookies you bet. ... anyone?
The Queen is in the carriage, isn't she?
Or the Princess...
She is the queen now, this is the coronation ceremony but she is still the queen without it
Whoops! I'm an American and thus don't know how the coronation process works. Thanks for clarifying :)
In real life Charles is already king now, and his coronation isn't until this summer!
There's a fun quote from Mort by Terry Pratchett about this:
Royal succession is kind of like the Presidential succession: at noon on the day appointed, the quondam President-elect is now President, no matter whether the oath of office has been fully administered. The same thing is true of succession in the even of the President's death: the VP is President, whether or not the oath has been administered.
Only for as long as you wear the goggles. There's a reason why they put that "VR" sign on the door. 😉