September 29th, 2015
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Who coulda seen it coming?
Hey, we over at Countershot Press are putting together the most awesome calendar of webcomic ladies you can imagine!
It's full of gorgeous and classy art from some awesome creators:
Ariel Ries (Witchy) - Kathleen Jacques (Band vs. Band) - Allison Shabet (Dead Winter) - Amanda Lafrenais (Love Me Nice) - Amy King (The Muse Mentor) - Cami Woodruff (Doomsday, My Dear) - G.C. Houle (H&J) - Kate Ashwin (Widdershins) - Lily Hoyda (Bad Reputation) - Miranda Chamberlain (Riverside Extras) - Robin Hoelzemann (Curia Regis) - Rosa Lee Marnie (Mythos)
There's an exclusive print of Harry and Vee in there! Preorder one today!
Cast: Mr Luxuria
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OK, so that answers the question about Luxuria. He's definitely the Spirit in human form. That still leaves the question about all the others. Since we met the big gorilla guy in chapter 4, that seems to prove that the others aren't actually the Spirits themselves. So how is Luxuria planning to use them?
I'm still of the opinion he might be planning to turn them into vessels for the other Sins and wreck some bloody vengeance once that step in the plan is complete.
That's the obvious answer. And considering what Envy was on about in chapter 5, what with seeking to summon them all, I would bet you're pretty close.
It also answers the question about the other figures we saw wearing the Heart - they were all Luxuria wearing different faces, rather than incarnations of the other Deadlies as some of us speculated.
The Galpalendar looks good, but I thought that hanging up calendars with pictures of young women wasn't allowed anymore? :-)
Eh, it's no one's right but mine to decide what I hang on my walls.
Not many would take issue with an array of awesome ladies being awesome, which is what is within the calendar!
Still loving the style. It's nice to get some answers about both Luxuria and the necklace. It's making me wonder if Luxuria is the only one the necklace works for?
If not, I imagine Henry found quite a few uses for it over the course of his career.
'Hey look at the shiney thing!' WHALLOP!
X) Not what I was thinking, but that works too.
If Henry could really shapeshift, don't you think he'd still look young and dashing?
When he's married?! XP I think he has eyes only for Isabelle so it may be less of a concern. Or the necklace may allow you to shapeshift......for a price he isn't willing to pay.
Yes, well. That's a whole lot of oops. :/
Does this mean Mal--who sees malforms and the emotions of others--can see Luxuria? Maybe even if Luxuria is wearing the amulet?
Panel three explains what would happen.
However, it's possible that since Luxuria knew he was being looked for, he was prepared to shift to many subtle forms, and he apparently knew the ancestor's descendants were hunting him. Envy was able to hide when a malform tried to warn O'Malley.
[http://www.widdershinscomic...](http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/july-9th-2014/ "http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/july-9th-2014/")
Envy was also able to tell if O'Malley had, what I'll refer to as "the gift", been removed from him (ie.did not have the "gift" anymore), but could not just detect that it had moved to Ben.
[http://www.widdershinscomic...](http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/august-29th-2014/ "http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/august-29th-2014/")
However it may be that Luxuria could perhaps be caught off guard since he does not have the Liar's Heart, preventing him from shifting, and it's apparent Luxuria could only create one Liar's Heart or he would have done so after 1599.
He lacks the ability once done once. He has to have that piece of himself that was shoved into the Liar's Heart to be able to make another... Very probably like the binding Invidia had in her story arc.
By the way, speaking of bloodlines and the 1590s and all, [look what Her Queenship had to deal with](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_O'Malley "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_O'Malley") in Ireland at about the same time. I have no idea whether this is intentional, but it's a nice thought :-D
Hah! It isn't intentional, but I like it all the same!
She has at least one song- [https://www.youtube.com/wat...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOafalF22kI "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOafalF22kI")
There's another, by a local duo in the Chicago area (who are sadly no longer together) "Grania" by Molly & the Tinker. It's a live video, with plenty of background noise and a moderately long intro. [https://www.youtube.com/wat...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP0muZvh5KA "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP0muZvh5KA")
Well, if it isn't intentional, then the thing that appears in the third paragraph of "Early life" is a bit of a strange coincidence. Or ghosts. That's what it is, it's ghosts. :-) Only noticed that on rereading! Thanks for the songs, peeps!
How exactly was the spirit executed? With all that blood it looks very dramatic
Beheading. But when no one was looking, he retrieved his head, put it back on and took off.
I just noticed you will be coming to Seattle! A third of the way around the world! I'll be looking for you at ECCC.
Where does it say that?
never mind I found it
Awesome, please come and say hi! I'm sharing a table with some friends, should have a little more info on where we'll be nearer the time :)
So that’s why he looks the same as in Elizabeth’s time! No amulet, no shapeshifting.
But I’m also interested to know- Isabelle’s gotta have some cousins that are in on this, right?
That's what you get for hunting a shape-shifting monster without Kurt Russel's help.
Scots, of course, don't consider the current Liz "Elizabeth II"
Darken for the win!
(IIRC, Shard could shapeshift as a weapon. Does that count?)
Queen's pose kind of makes her look like Freddie Mercury.
Damaged, not bested.
Exactly.
[http://www.widdershinscomic...](http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/february-27th-2015/ "http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/february-27th-2015/")
I'm sure it's more because the Liar's Heart shields Luxuria when possessed by the same. Diffuses the impression/image. I'm pretty sure that the intensity would be like the difference between an average person and a Wizard to them, save worse. It'd be like being in proximity to the Sun unless cloaked off somehow.
all this talk of shapeshifters limited by magic gems is making me think of a certain d&d webcomic...can't think why!