Q&A 2
17 Aug 2018 · page 828 of 1306
This has ended up as a Mal week- gonna focus on Harry and the other Barbers for next week's updates, feel free to ask stuff below!
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I think I MUCH prefer Mal's names for the deadlies over their official titles. Bastard Fox seems to go particularly well. What would Mal's nickname for Lust be?
'Talkative Arse', my bet.
I don't think it was the talky bits that struck Mal the most. Lust was a BLOODY Arse.
And an Oily Git, too.
If by "bloody", you mean "soul-ripping", then yes
I don't think Kate will allow us to use the words going through Mal's head when he thinks about Lust. I don't even think we can type them without them turning into a black mass of shapes and edges.
I am one hundred percent behind this.
I wonder how my wife will react to my new names for the seven deadly sins. o.o
So Jack, after everything that's happened recently, do you think your relationship with Ben is going to be a bit friendlier?
What for? :) They love their interaction as it is, it seems :)
It's pity there is no English analogue of the saying "Вместе тесно, а врозь скучно". :-) I can't help thinking about Spock and Bones (from TOS), for that matter. :-)
To Sid, what's your favorite trick, has it ever gone wrong? To Harry, what's Sid's worst trick? Have his tricks ever gone wrong?
For Mrs Fredrick Barber: You must be very proud of your daughters...
Haven't we had this one before, though? I believe I distinctly remember it being said that Mrs. Barber is proud of her awesome daughter...
Now, now, I'm not going to ask Mrs. Thackerey whether she is proud of his son. :/
You know what would be more interesting, though? Isn't Victor Cunningham is still alive? I wonder whether he knows what his grandchildren have been up to...
Victor is alive, yes, I asked about that. :-) Well, if he doesn't know now, he is going to. I think Verity will inform him about Henry being wounded and all that.
...as a footnote to the story of How Verity Cunningham Saved Widdershins.
I don't recall Mrs Fredrick Barber making an appearance yet. Then again, these days I don't recall lots of things. And I suspect that in her eyes the awesome daughter is Mrs Fenton because she's the one who's respectably married and producing grandchildren.
You're right, she hasn't made an appearance yet. I don't know why I remember this being said, actually? I may be off. I do remember where Nora and Florrie could not decide which of their sisters' behavior would be considered more scandalous by the neighbors.
For Greed: Thank you for your contribution to the advancement of humankind. Your Domain has led to globalization as people searched out unclaimed riches, and has boosted the world's economy and technological progress immensely.
Well, unclaimed except for the previous owners, but we took it from them so they don't count, right? >.>
Previous owners are still people, but stagnant money and riches are dead currency. Only by being circulated do they possess worth to more than a single person.
Here's a relevant quote: “Thieves respect property; they merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.”
Wasn't expecting to see the classic "they weren't using their land and wealth properly" argument for colonialism and genocide on my morning webcomics trawl.
Neither was I! This whole discussion is weird and will get pretty heated pretty quickly, this is not the place to have this particular debate.
Not quite the argument I was making...
A bank doesn't simply hold onto the money that is deposited, for instance. It reenters circulation.
As I said, this isn't really the place to debate colonialism, thanks.
Sorry.
Sadblob : needed a nap :D
Don't we all.
Kate, you are a wonderful human being for sharing these stories with us. Thank you!
For Verity: I love your collection of gadgets. Do you design them yourself?
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek! My question was answered!!! Thank you!
Wait, Mal has a spirit in the inbetween place? I don't remember anything about this and I can't believe I missed it! Anyone remembers where it was mentioned?
Pride showed Mal a mirror.
Mm. I found that, but it didn't seem to show Mal's spirit (to us, anyway). Did they discuss it afterwards, or something? (A link would be great).
We didn't see it through Mal's eyes, so we don't know what it looked like. But his spirit blinded Mal. And later he said he say "something bright."
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My guess is that a witch's spirit/aura is similar to the the bright, glowing one that wizards have, but amplified x100.
Yeah, it is lucky that human eyes work by the logarithm of input signal, or Mal would have got it much worse.
got all emotional about -100 for Pride, doesn't ask how Mal got to know about that
I love how it's the same number as Greed got for making Wolfe sad.
And I love how the Sins that got the lowest rating by far were the ones that hurt his friends. Even the one that nearly killed him by burning his house down only got 5/10.
I liked the high score for Greed... with caveats. Mal is onto the grabby, avuncluar sin. :)
Fire Guy got points back for also taking out the office.
Envy. :-) Well, it's more like "almost killed him itself, almost killed him by Voss's hands, almost made him to kill Voss" than just "made him sad", for me. :-)
But yeah, it is good that the number is the same, for Wolfe and Ben both.
Yes, that one. I blame lack of caffeine.
Proves how much he cares for those guys. Even if he sort of behaves like a Bratty little Brother sometimes
How he got to know about ir? They've all had a few days to review Kate's drawings now and catch up with the bits they were'nt in - but as Mal can't read he just looked at the pictures and doesn't use the names....
This whole thing ruled, but Mal rating the sins made me laugh aloud so hard I got a weird look from my mother. 10/10, Kate.
"Mebbe no-one noticed..." really cracked me up XD
For Florrie: Would you please introduce us to your husband? If he is otherwise engaged, please show us his picture.
"Made Ben sad.... Don't tell him I said that" caused me to go D'awwww.
OMG THE DOG ONE I'M DEAD
I agree that Arms was suspiciously easy (and I love the rest of these!).
For Ben: Where do you, Wolfe and Mal live now after your house burned down?
Wolfe knows somebody... who just recently got some extra room.
I legitimately can't figure out who you're alluding to, sorry. What am I missing?
I was thinking recently that Mal is a person of contradictions. He's grouchy and prickly, but there's a real vulnerability underneath it; the Sight is often an advantage, but the headaches that come with it are more like a curse; he wants to be left alone, but he's lost without Wolfe (and now Ben) at his side.
they're deadly sins Brent
For Isabelle or Harry: How common is magic throughout the world? Besides the Widdershins College and the Anchors, are there any places or groups that specialise in it, or practice it frequently?
So back when she and Mal were messing around with the phone, what would have happened if Harry had clicked on the YouTube icon (or non-copyrighted-timeline-equivalent app)?
(Actually, could we just get a few panels of Harry and Mal trying to figure out/reacting to various apps please and thank you)
So, Nora, does Cassie get to keep a puppy?
Will any of this be in the books, because yes please! Particularly the sin rating!
No, I ran out of space :( It'll remain on the site though!
:-( Oh well, it's still great where it is.
I love the dog spirit and that's all I wanted to write here but then I saw Mal's deadly sin listicle which is amazing