November 11th, 2016
11 Nov 2016 · page 650 of 1306
Cast: Benjamin Thackerey, Heinrich Wolfe, Sidney Malik, Verity Cunningham
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Yup. Music soothes the savage beast, but Wolfe's musics calms the effects of Wrath. :D
Music nothing. Wolfe soothes the savage beast.
Quite brilliant, yes :-)
So...we fight Violence with Violins...works for me. (Yep...I will be PUNished for that.)
Good one is not to be punished :)
Indeed, Violence begets Violins, as anger begets an augury and prophets beget profits.
"We're keeping a very small prophet //
A prophet who brings us unbounded returns."
-- "My name is John Wellington Wells", from Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer
At least we don't have any brass to go with it. Gratuitous Sax would just ruin the comic.
Sax is not brass. But true nonetheless
Alex apparently didn't realize that one requires ample wood for Gratuitous Sax.
Sax and Violence. A classic.
You mean Sax and Violins I presume?
[https://www.youtube.com/wat...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw6HpQaZz-c "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw6HpQaZz-c")
Muppets reference. :)
Ah!
At least they're not trying to use Whirled Peas...
Apparently. And since they ARE British, if they were to whip up a nice hot cuppa then they could mix the Police Violins with some Police Brewtality and that mob won't stand a chance...
Loudness, perhaps? :)
They've summoned the spirit of Brian Blessed
Vee DOESN'T EVEN KNOW!
Given the colour and the effect, I think it's no stretch to think it's imbued with envy. After all, if you're loud enough, EVERYONE pays attention
But using the Deadlies isn't something done lightly - hex, Benji was appalled at the casual use of Hunger, for how close it was to Gluttony, and his summoning of Sloth for Ms. Fairbairn was for a politician he trusted who had the proper forms. Using a Deadly for a loudspeaker seems... unlikely.
... do - do people not usually remember small lines of dialogues from four years ago
Just because it's not something usually done lightly doesn't mean that power won't be used in....less than rational situations. You're right though, it's probably a lesser, related aspect, although a likely candidate eludes me.
Yay! Wolfe for everyone! This is when it's good to have a Wolfe at the door.
Ah yes, they use this strategy in Newport bus station. Apparently the undesirable types hate classical music so they don't hang around and cause trouble if it's played over the loudspeakers.
Newport, where?! I *LOVE* Classical Music! (Maybe I can get their playlist.)
Also, notice the portable circle, as pioneered by Voss Malform Removals. Mr Thackerey should start using those.
Such a circle was first used by Sid in the chp1.
Good call. I'd forgotten.
I work in administration. We should adopt Mr Thackerey's comment as our new mission statement.
"Despite appearances, we're here to help." Oh, god, it works for EVERYTHING!!! :D
How did you know I meant that, and not 'Actually, quite brilliant'? :-)
Obviously, because you work for a bureaucracy. Bureaucracies are optimized to remove key-man risks, and so brilliance is necessarily punished.
Ouch. Now that's irony.
Also truth. ;P
That is possibly the epitome of Player-Character Entrance Lines (Snarky).
I suppose it's better than "Don't take this personally or anything, but we really need the money, so prepare to die!"
[http://darkencomic.com/?web...](http://darkencomic.com/?webcomic_post=20050824 "http://darkencomic.com/?webcomic_post=20050824")
That's how she normally opens a door.
I'll bet she didn't even check to see if it was unlocked. That's just how she rolls.
Opens either way that way, am I right?
Thank god there weren't any stairs
[https://youtu.be/EE8kOv26BuQ](https://youtu.be/EE8kOv26BuQ "https://youtu.be/EE8kOv26BuQ")
Ah, yes. Ben knows the power of Wolfe very well.
There was some questions of whether the Violin might be imbued...and Wolfe brings out it's full power.
"WORR!"
Attention seeking?
Wait, how does Sid know that Wolfe's violin playing is that effective at generating tranquility? I agree with Ben that it is a great idea and I understand why Vee doesn't know that it is a good idea, but when would Sid have gotten the idea that this could work? He broke into the jail and has basically bet the well being of the city on the calming qualities of Wolfe's violin playing, but I don't remember Sid ever hearing Wolfe play. Is this solely based on seeing Wolfe talk Ben and Vee down, or have I missed or forgotten something?
I think seeing him break Wrath's hold caused Sidney to figure Wolfe was their best bet, and from there he remembered the violin and decided hey, music makes you feel powerful emotions in general so combining the two might just work. I'll admit to being surprised it was Sidney and not Ben who came up with the idea, though, all things considered.
YES!
aww, ben is learning!