May 1st, 2015
2 May 2015 · page 486 of 1306
You guys are like twenty pages late, jeez.
Cast: Edmund Barber, Florence De Montfort, Harriet Barber, Henry Barber, Isabelle Holt, Nicola Barber, Nora Fenton
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and we have Barber critical mass.. now stuff is gonna get done..
And/or people are going to die D:
Bit of both, most like. If you count Deadlies as "people", that is.
Heh
Personalities, certainly. Dysfunctional ones. ;)
I feel like if too much of this family gathers in one place, they'll reach critical mass and take over the world or something.
You know my initial reaction, books ago, seeing Harry and Florrie next to each other was that they didn't look like they were related. Now seeing the whole extended family on mass I want to compliment you on what a wonderful job you've done of making them look like a real family. Harry clearly takes after her Grandfather and when you have them all together like this you can see similarities and guess at where they come from. It's marvelous.
Yes... only three of the younger barbers have that stonker of a honker (the Henry Barber nose?), and it's such a prominent feature that, seeing Nicola and Florrie without it, it's easy to overlook the features they do have in common. But everyone has at least a little bit of overlap with someone else in the family. It's very well done!
Aww look who's there !
OK, so the grown-ups knew what's going on but didn't feel the need to explain it to the kids, but do they have to look so smug about it?
And Edmund... do try and keep up there's a good fellow.
Yay, the grandparents! I like the looks of them.
And now maybe the exploits of grandfather will turn out to be connected to the necklace which is connected to, I don't know, but it's bound to be interesting!
See Nora, that (telling) wasn't so bad, was it? Did she think people would blame her that it got out?
Random theory time: To help fight gluttony, they summoned Nora's "courage." Perhaps the sins are seeking out the Barber family because they are in some way connected to their antitheses, the virtues?
Well, there are 7 cardinal virtues that are meant to be antithetical to the 7 deadly sins, but lust's corollary is chastity, which sounds kind of non-progressive and judgy in this comic.
That's if we're going by the "contrary virtues," but that set doesn't even include courage, making my evidence moot. But the seven virtues as recognized by the Catholic church, which aren't exact opposites, but are still the antitheses of the sins in an overall sense, are prudence, justice, temperance, courage, faith, hope, and love.
Huh, that's interesting. I only knew the 'opposites' version, diligence, humility, chastity, kindness, temperence, patience and charity (and I remember these, like the sins, because of FMA). Thanks for sharing.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen:
Sid: "Did anyone else feel this odd sense of awe and wonder mixed with great wisdom wash over the building?"
Catherine: "Yeah that happens when Henry and Isabelle enter a building."
Sid: "WAIT, THEY'RE HERE? EEEEEEEEEEEE!" heavy breathing intensifies, then faints
Rather than faint, he'd teleport inmedeately to their location. Just by running, no magic.
Its been bugging me all bloody week as the where I've seen Nora before... only just bloody twigged when she mentioned the hotel. Well done you.
Though I have to ask - while I can see where everyone else got their nose from... Florrie's nasal origin has me puzzled (of all the things I get fixated on... <sigh>)
Perhaps from her mother's side of the family?
So...this leaves Lust?
Waiting for the reveal on that one...
And Wrath. He wasn't released.
I'm guessing that's going to be the next one considering that we've at least seen Wrath.
And Eddie is the only sibling not to have dealt with a deadly yet...
Awww Nicola, your overprotective sister side is showing!
Ruh ro raggy! The smart and wise people have entered the room!
Fashionable late to the gathering of Barbers :-)
Mind=Blown.
They're late.
What monsters did they beat into submission along the way?
Grandparents ex machina? ;)
I kid, I kid! Their timing is impeccable, though. ^_^
EDDIE'S BEARD DEMANDS ANSWERS.
I love that they all have daddy's nose.
Florrie has grandma's nose and Nicola's is different from all of the others.
Forgive me if I keep looking for this guy. Forgive me if I think Grandad's beard looks like his.
His head looks pretty solidly attached to his shoulders, tho.
Oh, this is gonna raise more questions than it's gonna answer.
The grandparents are certainly late . . . unless they realized some time ago that stuff was happening and it took this long to prepare something . . .
Nora, don't forget the device you're supposed to give to Harry.
Forgive my ignorance but who are these two people? I assume they are family but not sure of the particulars...
Harry's grandparents, as she mentioned earlier! [http://www.widdershinscomic...](http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/march-6th-2015/ "http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/march-6th-2015/")
Is it just me or did they just enter and close the door without any of the siblings noticing? O.o I mean don't Harry and Nicola make their living by their skills of deduction and observation? Those are some seriously sneaky skills you two have there o.o
You know, I think Henry here looks a little like Harrison Ford.
They're a remarkably multiracial family for the late 19th century.
I guess their version of the world is just more forward than ours was.