#Widdershins Webcomic

[buggerup-busters]

this is literally what happened i believe

#widdershins webcomic #widdershins #widdershins meme #voss #damn its been ages since i made widdershins memes #if i get horribly ill this holiday that will be my sign to make more reductress memes

[nebulaeyedfish]

Breaking news!!! Local evil fox does big steppy!!!

#widdershins webcomic #widdershins #widdershins envy #widdershins art #katedrawscomics #nebulaeyedart #fan art #wow it turns out that if someone gave envy some nice gloves none of the attrocities would have happened #anyway foxgloves do you get it #i love foxgloves man ngl top 5 flowers of all time #also up there is elderflowers #hedgerow flowers my beloveds <3 <3 <3

[katedrawscomics]

Widdershins update! Final chapter cover! It's this guy!

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New to Widdershins? Read from the start of the comic!

Catching up? Read from the start of this story!

#widdershins #widdershins webcomic #webcomics

[ilovedthestars]

Mal, aspec icon, and also reasons why I love Widdershins in general

So, as a birthday present to myself I recently bought physical copies of all ten currently available volumes of the webcomic Widdershins, and I’m currently rereading all of them from the beginning, and I’m just. Having emotions about it!! This post is part Widdershins propaganda (go read it) and part rambley thought dump on the parts I'm excited about on my reread. (I’ll try to stay away from major spoilers, but read at your own risk.)

A vague bit of context for anyone who knows nothing about Widdershins: Historical fantasy, set mostly in Victorian* England, centered on the fictional English town of Widdershins, which is the location of a magical “anchor” which is a source/amplifier of magic. Magical practitioners are called wizards (regardless of gender—witches also exist but are a very different thing) and the magic system revolves around summoning “spirits” of various emotions, and using/making deals with said spirits to imbue objects with magical properties. The tone is pretty light and adventure-y, and very fun. Every arc jumps back and forth between a few different sets of characters, but their paths all eventually cross.

(*technically slightly pre-Victorian. The ongoing and final installment is set during/around Victoria’s coronation. There’s also flashbacks, visits to other locales, and a Time Travel Episode)

The character I remember getting most attached to when I first read Widdershins, and the one I’m currently having the most emotions about on my reread, is Mal (aka O’Malley). First of all, I completely forgot that he’s canonically ace (and maybe aro)??** His significant relationships throughout his arcs are all close friends with found family vibes—when we first meet them, he and his longtime friend Wolfe have been traveling around Europe together for years, on what money they can earn from Wolfe’s busking (he plays violin) and Mal’s somewhat cheating at cards. Wolfe is an optimistic, calm and gentle person, and he clearly brings out the best in the very grumpy and abrasive Mal. They rely on each other, make sacrifices for each other, and generally have just such a lovely relationship--one thing I find particularly sweet is that it’s shown multiple times that listening to Wolfe’s violin playing helps Mal relax and makes him happy.

Pictured: Mal suggesting that Wolfe pacify a huge spirit of sadness by playing his violin, because "It works for me" 🥺 (In case my image turns out bad, here's a link to the actual comic page--I'm just excited about my physical copies!)

I’ve rambled before about “love as in significance” and how my favorite fictional relationships are ones where two characters are deeply important to each other, in a non-romantic and/or ambiguous way. To me Wolfe and Mal are a perfect example of that kind of deep friendship, effectively a life partnership, with no romance.

(**Widdershins also has multiple gay/lesbian characters, some of whom get romance arcs, and at least one canonically trans person. In Victorian England. There’s also a fair amount of non-white characters. I cannot stress enough how much this is just Not A Thing within the story. I believe the in-universe justification is that random magic ability evened the scales, and things like oppression and colonialism never got as bad as they did in our world. What it works out to is fun escapist adventures where homophobia and racism aren’t obstacles to the diverse cast, which is exactly my type of story. It’s definitely not trying to be historically accurate, but doesn’t get bogged down in modern labels, either.)

Mal also has a really satisfying character arc going on. He can see magical spirits, including the ones around people, and read their emotions—this is not a normal thing within this magical universe, and he mostly considers it a burden/annoyance, as it makes people (especially crowds) overwhelming. It turns out to be a whole thing, which I won’t spoil, but in my reread I just finished book 7, curtain call, which is the conclusion to the first big arc of Widdershins and includes a really cool flashback scene into Mal’s past. He’s got a whole thing going on where he makes some new friends, and eventually decides to stop running away from things. It’s really hard to talk about without spoiling, so I’ll just say that he’s still my favorite character and his arc is very strong.

Pictured: What it looks like when Mal sees spirits, and also another example of him being comforted by his friend's music. (Here's a link to the actual comic page)

Mal (and Wolfe) star in chapters 2 and 5, and feature prominently among a larger rotation of characters in chapters 7 and 9. The various chapters/books rotate through different sets of characters, but they're all lovable and you'll get attached to new characters quickly. Some other really fun characters from various Widdershins stories include:

Harriet “Harry” Barber, a bounty hunter who tracks down magical artifacts with the help of her magic-sniffing dog Gren (who she may or may not have stolen from the police)

Sidney Malik, who is cursed with accidental kleptomania (other people’s things just appear in his pockets, and he feels very bad about it). He got kicked out of wizard university for said kleptomania and is now pursuing his true passion of being a stage magician

Verity Cunningham, inventor slash bounty hunter slash Harry’s former-partner-turned-rival, and the greatest bounty hunter who ever lived, if she says so herself (which she will, loudly)

Lei Feng, who I can’t actually say anything about because all the coolest things about her are spoilers, but trust me she goes through some fun twists (she’s a magician’s assistant/inventor)

Alexa King, a baker with green hair who is going to Widdershins to win a baking competition in the year 2013, and if you’re wondering what this has to do with Victorian England and if it involves time travel shenanigans, yes, yes it does

Harry and Sid are the stars of the first chapter, and they're very close seconds to Mal in terms of my favorite cast members. If I have made this webcomic sound cool enough that you want to try it, please go check out their super fun story.

(P.S. A note about romance, since this post is partially about aspec things and i'm addressing it to my very aro corner of tumblr. Some of the chapters/characters in Widdershins have romance subplots, which never take up too much space in the story and are very well written in my opinion. I am someone who is super picky about romance in books, and I've rooted for every single romantic relationship in the comic--they're very sweet, and all built around two people who get along and are important to each other, as the friendships are. No forced romance or painful amatonormativity here.)

#widdershins #widdershins webcomic #i've proofread this ten times (and rewritten a couple bits that tumblr lost) and there are So Many parentheses lol #i'm not taking them out. sorry not sorry #love as in significance #stars has thoughts #look this was mostly an excuse to ramble about how much i love Mal #murderbot friends: i cannot explain how he is like murderbot because they are not at all similar but he gives me murderbot vibes i swear #it's the snark that's sometimes covering pain and the begrudging gentleness with the people who are important to him #and the Not Wanting To Be Here but choosing to be there for his friends when it counts anyway #read the webcomic so you can tell me if i'm right

[wheelie-butch]

got carried away thinking about me and @giant-goldfish 's conversation about Psy and Mal similarities (grumpy psychic aroace) and basically I think Psy could show Mal the nintendo switch to play on and in return Psy can hide in Witch Space and not have to interact with anyone.

#psy webcomic #widdershins #widdershins webcomic #this is the fastest i ever drew anything #also i think its fun psy is staring at the 4th anchor door #and i think mal would love to play a video game #:)

[sturzkampf]

Here’s my book plate from Sea Change, @katedrawscomics latest Kickstarter swag. I think Ms Cunningham will be Having Words with the editor of the Post.

#widdershins #widdershins webcomic

[ao3feed-widdershins]

by EnchantressEmily

Vincent rather likes sharing a desk with Jack O'Malley in English class (when he's there, anyway), but it complicates things when the teacher wants a volunteer to read in front of the class - something they both struggle with for different reasons.

A spin-off of M3zzaTh3M3z's School AU.

Words: 1749, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Widdershins (Webcomic)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Vincent Knott, Jack O'Malley (Widdershins), Arpana Sherpa

Relationships: Vincent Knott & Jack O'Malley

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - High School, Stuttering, Anxiety, scene retelling, Fanfic of Fanfic

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #widdershins #widdershins webcomic #this is an automated notification not a r

[multiplebirthinwebcomics]

Multiple Births

Round 1 Poll 16

Read Widdershins

Read Dumbing of Age

Submitted context (possible spoilers) and propaganda under the cut

Sal and Walky : From the site's cast page:

Walky is his parents’ favorite child. He’s smart and he doesn’t get into trouble, but he could be a little more ambitious. He’s here at college because his parents want him to be, but mostly what he wants to do is watch television and goof off. Lucky for him that good grades came easily to him (in high school), so he figures college will be everything he’s ever wanted. No parents, no structure order — just eating McNuggets whenever, wherever.

Walky is Sal’s twin brother, and the two very different siblings haven’t really spoken much in a long while.

Sal’s parents always liked her brother Walky better, and so over the years she started rebelling more and more to get attention. This culminated in a double convenience store holdup that got her arrested and exiled to a Catholic boarding school in Tennessee for most of her teen years. Her parents expected her to find Jesus (or whatever), but she instead found smoking, tattoos, and motorcycles. As you can imagine, Sal turns a lot of heads, but she finds this mostly annoying. Stop idolizing her, dammit. She can’t help how cool she is.

#tournament polls #multibirth tournament #round 1 #web comic #webcomics #webcomic #indie comics #indie webcomic #dumbing of age #widdershins

[wlw-webcomic-bracket]

Carla Rutten introduction

Eliza Swift introduction

Championship bracket post

#dumbing of age #carla rutten #widdershins #eliza swift #trans webcomic character championship bracket

[m1dori-eyes]

My favorite webcomic is Widdershins because for the first major arc, the main characters fight the seven deadly sins incarnated as spirits blighting the world, and for the second arc the writer had to kick it up a notch so the main characters instead fight American Industrialists who are trying to monopolize a product. And that's fully depicted as worse in all ways btw.

#widdershins #yuzu lore #webcomic

[buggerup-busters]

they're besties!!

#widdershins #widdershins webcomic #sid #florrie #it was so cute to see them do it again

[nebulaeyedfish]

Digitalis (/ˌdɪdʒɪˈteɪlɪs/[2] or /ˌdɪdʒɪˈtælɪs/[3]) is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceousperennial plants, shrubs, and biennials, commonly called foxgloves.

Foxglove has medicinal uses but is also very toxic to humans and other animals, and consumption can even lead to death.

See Pinned for commission info

#widdershins #widdershins webcomic #widdershins voss #dominic voss #widdershins envy #katedrawscomics #nebulaeyedart #And the award for the poorest littlest meowmeow goes to...... #VOSS!!!!! #Anyway foxgloves my beloved <3<3<3

[katedrawscomics]

Widdershins update! Whomst?!

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New to Widdershins? Read from the start of the comic!

Catching up? Read from the start of this story!

#widdershins #webcomics #comics

[inkylynx]

Comic Shout Out

Some of these are Really underrated. If I can get even one more person to read these comics, I'd be so happy.

Magefront: a cheery necromancer goes to college to become a war hero

Widdershins: old timey fantasy london with a fun cast and intertwining stories.

Children of Eldair: a dangerous isekai being shown through a past-scrying spell with its own mystery

Icy Copper: This one just finished on webtoons. A great story of friendship between outcasts from seperate worlds. With some fantasy shape shifting.

Selina moon bride: on webtoons. CRAZY good art.

Seemingly dark: doesnt update super often, but its a crazy good supernatural story with a very intresting main cast.

Suihira: the city of water: follows an ocean worshipper in a desert world

The dragon tutor: gives you wiplash in the best way. Amazing fantasy world and characters that you get invested in.

Lets cast off: very gay, very drama, very sailing. All types of ships. Also finished.

Blonde sunrise: a monster hunter becomes bound to a young werewolf. What does he do now? Fantasy mystery stuff.

#Comics #Webtoons #Webcomics #shoutout #Widdershins #Children of Eldair #Lets cast off #The dragon tutor #Suihira: the city of water #Icy copper #Seemingly dark #Magefront #Selina moon bride #Blonde sunrise #I have no idea if any of these authors are on tumblr but Im tagging the comic names just in case #I have so many more I can recommend #Im a comic addict #And Im not recovering

[wheelie-butch]

WARNING: if a hot engineer invites you to 'go see the certainty engine' do NOT go. it is NOT code for 'have sex'. she WILL fist fight you

#widdershins #widdershins webcomic #sea change #i would go anyway just so i can hang out with patience :)) #i would not look respectfully

[sturzkampf]

Buggeruptober 26: postcard. Ben and Eliza have their first row.

#widdershins fanfic #widdershins webcomic #widdershins #buggeruptober #widdershins comic