Sea Change
17 Nov 2020 · page 1035 of 1306
Let's go, ladies!
Cast: Lei Feng, Verity Cunningham
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Oh, my. I am so here for this.
Thissss. Shippppp.
Given where Lei is in relationship to said ship, that may not be a wise choice.
Those towers on the left look suspiciously electrical.
A pipeline for electrical fluid perhaps?
Marconi wireless towers?
Unlikely - though they might be another example of 'Widdershins' time'.
In our timeline Marconi didn't erect tall (100 feet) masts until the late 1890's. The first ship to shore transmissione were abouth the same time.
Factoid: The first ship to shore distress call summoned Ramsgate Lifeboat to assist the Elbe, aground on Goodwin Sands on 17th March 1899.
Electricity pylons of that type would be about the same date - Eddison's first, rather dodgy DC power station opened in 1882 and didn't work over distances long enough to need them.
And there's the ship. SS Great Britain, the first screw driven iron ship was launched in 1845 and while she did have a bowsprit, auxhiliary masts and sails, superstructure like that in the panel was still 20 years away.
So, Although these might all be possible within Verity and Lei's lifetimes, do they look 30 to 70 years older?
Or is this 'Widdershins' time?'
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Finally, the Lei and Verity story we've been waiting for! Really very excited for this :)
I AM CHARLES BOYLING IT.
AMAZING!! I AM SO HYPED FOR THIS CHAPTER ALREADY!!
Also "SS Good Intentions" has me cracking up... are they sailing to hell then? :P
oh no
"YOU MADE MY GUNPOWDER WET"
Oh my god science adventure on the high seas. I didn't know I needed this but I doooooo.
Looks like a voyage to the Americas is coming up! Cute name for the row boat.
I have wanted a Verity chapter for so long.
Oh this looks like fun!!
I think it's been a while since I have no recollection of who these character are.
Ah, the accidental double comment. How odd to find someone else suffering from that temporal bug :P
The characters' names are listed under the page, and I think clicking them will take you to the pages they've been in. But to sumarize, Verity is a bounty-hunter that used to have a grudge with Harry, and the second woman was a main "villain" during one of the early chapters, an old friend of Sidney that was trying to use her prowess in technology to commit a crime (I don't remember if she pretended to blow up the Anchor and accidentally brought Pride around, or something around those lines.)
Important point: Verity is also Ben's cousin!
Ooh, I didn't know about clicking on their name to find their pages, thank you!!!
No problem, friend
I think it's been a while because I do not remember these characters at all.
Verity, the one in the boat, is Harry's ex-hunting partner. Lei, the one in the life preserver, is Sid's ex-girlfriend. They were last seen two books ago in Curtain Call.
"I'm sorry, I've completely forgotten who you are" is the most terrible insult you could possibly imagine for Verity Cunningham, the World's Greatest Hunter.
This is a very funny chapter cover! :D
If only her grandfather's [flying boat](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/september-4th-2015 "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/september-4th-2015") was [still intact](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/october-16th-2015 "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/october-16th-2015") ...but Verity seems to enjoy being the captain of that floaty-boat regardless.
It occurs to me that even though the boat wasn't destroyed, it must have been a hassle returning it to an inland estate near Manchester, unless they were able to make it airworthy again :D But given that we haven't seen any other flying boats around, it seems that Victor Cunningham gave up on it, or the idea didn't take off (pun intended).
(edit: fixed a broken link)
I have a theory about that
[https://archiveofourown.org...](https://archiveofourown.org/works/6302839 "https://archiveofourown.org/works/6302839")
While the last couple of books dealing with the side stories of the minor characters have been very entertaining, it’s always great to come back to the main protagonist of Widdershins!
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This is going to be brilliant!
All right, Verity and Lei! Let's get this party started!
Could they be sailing to find the Fourth Anchor?
My other theory is that they've been hired to track down Pemberton Pryce. (Eliza in the distance: "WAIT A MINUTE, HE'S MY CRIMINAL!")
Perhaps she is sailing to Tapu Tohunga Motu to rescue Harry.
Maybe they're sailing to Tapu Tohunga Motu but will get lost and somehow end up at the Fourth Anchor?
Love the new outfit, Vee!
Are they sailing to America because Lei is still a wanted criminal in England? That would be fun!
oh my god I wasn't expecting that plot hook to pay off already!
Does that boat lead to the seas of hell?
SS Good Intentions sounds like a bad omen...
But all for the sake of potentially finding the fourth Anchor, so I'm all in!
Plus, it's great to see the return of Lei Feng!
I mean, you know what they say about Good Intentions, yes? They are a sturdy building material for reliable transportation into heated subterranean regions.
Looking at Lei's face, I am guessing that she is fluently profane in English, Mandarin and Cantonese... and currently we are hearing all three...
Oh this is going places.
This cover alone is everything I never knew I needed in my life.
My mind is playing the "let's go lesbians, let's go" clip on loop and I love it
Is Lei a lesbian though? She had a relationship with Sid and that's about as far as has been mentioned of her.
she is bi! not really been mentioned on page, just in tumblr asks and such so far.
Let's go, lesbians!!! The sea lane to hell is sailed by Good Intentions?
♫She's Four-Eyes the Sailor Dame,
She lives for pursuit of fame,
She's out there with Lei,
Who's been dunked in the sea,
She's Four-Eyes the Sailor Dame.♫
Vee: "Four Eyes"?? How dare you!
Lei: Well, no-one else out here answers that description! paddles out of range as Vee tries to grab her
Vee: (shouts at Lei) And that didn't rhyme properly with your name!
Lei: thumbs her nose at Vee
>:=)>
Well this looks like fun!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssssssssssssssss
I suddenly have an urge to hear her say to someone "How appropriate. You fight like a cow."
The exes united!
Interesting! Victor Cunningham was usually the one who ended up metaphorically in the water, and now Verity is the one getting others dropped in the metaliteral drink!
It's the Ciiiircle of Liiiife~
...This is going to be incredible. ...I mean, it's Widdershins, so that's expected, but... I'm excited!
Oh. This will end... something-ly?
Understatement I'm sure. :-)
Floating-ly? That doesn't look like swimming, anyway.
You meant "something-lei", right?
I ship it.
#sorrynotsorry
Oooh! "Good Intentions"! THAT never ends badly! ;-) Looking forward to this book!
I just thought of it is "sea change" a pun on "scene change"?
It's a Shakespeare reference.