May 13th, 2016
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Lucky Florrie isn't here or she'd have broken the sound barrier.
Cast: Harriet Barber, Sidney Malik
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Oh, Florrie's excited squee just hasn't reached them yet. The speed of sound is slower than the speed of hype.
Don't you mean the "squeed" of sound?
throws shoes
Oh, come on now! That was fu...um...no...that was clever. Yeah, that's what it was, clever.
Cleverness does not excuse punning!
No, Punnishment is it's own excuse. After all, it's Jest in Pun.
No, that really isn't fair. After all, we all know that a bun is the lowest form of wheat.
Don't be bulgur, JW.
You guys are why my children are barefoot.
Nothing wrong with having a rye sense of humor
It's at a pitch only dogs can hear but they're all the farm right now.
Did Harry just touch Sid's hand, or is that just the perspective?
Just the perspective.
She did, however, touch his arm . . . to which he is most definitely reacting . . .
...now kiss
Harry's too much of a pragmatist. She may suggest "talking about this after this is all over," but she's not going to get too emotional right now.
Well, unless she does.
I mean, you should never let ancient evil get in the way of some quality smoochin' time. Her parents should've taught her that.
Or for fuck's sake
KISS ALREADY
aaaaand captain awkward-pants strikes again! nice delivery there buddy
God bless.
...Is it just me, or has Harry started wearing lipstick? Did she always wear lipstick? Does it mmmeeeeeaaaaaannnnn something?
Nah, just checked, she always wore lipstick. But she's never had that look in panel 4 before, or the smile in 7
Oh my goodness, Sid. You can be smoother than this.
Oh HEAVENS no. This is Sid, after all :-)
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I beg to differ. He's pretty smooth here. He took a "dammit, Florrie" to a theater date in about the span of two minutes.
Yeah, and look where that got him. Snuggled up all alone with his date in a dark private space [here](http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/january-18th-2013/ "http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/january-18th-2013/"). (Ignore the whole "chained in with no way out in a cellar where they're surely starve to death" thing, OK?)
After so many years, so many chapter, we finally did it...
WE SHIPPED IT BOYZ.
Of course Mr Malik is worried about Ms Barber. If anything happens to her he'll be out of a job again. He shouldn't worry. He could always complete his apprenticeship with Ms Cunningham.
...Sid never realized it before, but each of Harriet's fingers have a spiral pattern on the tip. Each pattern seems to be a kind of whorl, moving inward to the center; and no two are precisely alike. He is suddenly acutely aware of every ridge and dip on those fingers. Tonight, Sid will take off his jacket to look at that spot on his arm where Harriet's fingertips rested, and he will be slightly astounded that there is no lingering faint glow.
He IS wearing a coat...
But a very romantic piece of prose all the same! ^_^
...and then he invents fingerprinting?
Literally everyone in the fandom ships it.
Most of us are now squealing with joy.
Its a wonder the fourth wall doesn't shatter and let in the sound of a thousand squeeing fangirls.
and do you see that face in panel 6, its just screaming, 'welp, now I know he's into me'
I'm enjoying panel 5 -- that's surprise, but why?
Oh yes indeed
Because Sid is usually not extremely smooth or romantic? ;)
And this one was...
1) Both.
2) Sweet.
If you hadn't caught it, Harry was trying to hide a "Shaking my Head" smirk that says volumes- that it's at least a bit of a reciprocated feeling there. It's part of why she just told him what she did.
I wouldn't say "reciprocated." I don't think that's an interested look as much as it's a "that's not unwelcome" look.
Also a "and you only figured that out now?" look.
Don't forget the fanboys. ^_^ Granted, their voices are pitched lower...
Indeed, we must remember the fanboys too
Fear not! Fangirls come in all genders and age groups :)
Fanboys sound a bit like warhammer orks with their squeee.
"WAAAAAAAAGH!"
And the pets go, "dog, you distract him while I hit the psych ward speed dial again."
Fanpersons--safer all around, in case there are any non-binary readers!
"Fans". The word for that is just "fans".
"fentities" -- we don't want to omit any intelligent machines.
Sid feels the problem too, eh.
"You can't start worrying about be now. You'd never stop."
"Too late, already did. Days ago."
"Anything could happen" indeed.
It's normal to be worried about your best friend, Sid !
Anyone else involuntarily start humming Tchaikovsky's Love Theme on that fifth panel?
Anyone? No? Just me? Goddamnit.
*sigh* At least I wasn't in public this time.
I did that part in Sound of Music just after "Sixteen Going on Seventeen." Not as classy, I know, but it has the squeal of joy built in.
I'm doing enough breaking of the sound barrier for Florrie. YEEEEEE!
Seriously though, I enjoy the dynamic between these two so much it's not even funny. Harry trusting Sid and opening up in her own little ways is grand; he obviously cares for her, friend or something more, who knows, but definitely as a partner in the business. Things are getting serious and he's within his right to be worried given what he feels.
Well done as always.
Seconded! This relationship is adorable and healthy, whether it's professional, platonic, or romantic.
She's changed her tune since Volume 1. Can't help thinking that Ms Barber's uncharacteristic outburst of soppiness is linked to the backwash of Lust from handling the Liar's Heart. She'll be really embarrassed when she sobers up.
kkssht Houton, we HAVE physical contact.
Prediction: At some point the party is really going to need a lantern, a rope and a penknife.
That was my first thought, as well.
Heck, local vendors should sell them as a three-pack.
But they charge Sid more than they charge everyone else.
Probably because he comes back to ask for the price for Things he has already stolen :-)
What are you going to need your stupid f***ing rope for?
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Of course. And an elvish sword.
I've been trying to figure out why panel 7 is a startling change to Sid. I think it's because current Harry is reassuring him with a smile and a hand on his arm. Old Harry would have growled at him, and certainly wouldn't have tried to reassure him.
Houston, we have contact. All hands on deck! Battle stations! Mauve alert! AWOOOOOGA! AWOOOOOOGA! This is not a daffodil! Fire up the radiation flare shield, batten down the hatches, luff all sails and run up the colours! I repeat, WE HAVE CONTACT!
Many of the characters have a sort of list in my head of expressions they make a lot, ones they make very rarely, and ones they'd never do. Surprise is on Harry's "rare" list, so it means more when she does it.
Panel Six. We've seen that expression before. It usually has a face-palm, as well.
<oops.> Now that I look closer, it is a face-palm.
If Harriet sacrifices herself and dies heroically in the final battle, I want her pipe.
As a man i do not "squee", I yell excitedly with pleasure and anticipation.
aaaaaah. She's touching me! Aaaaaaah! ("aaaah" in a good way, of course)