YouTube videos of the moon
I don’t know why I decided to write “Display and Pay” instead of “Pay and Display” on the parking sign but if you’ve had any experience with Cornwall Council’s draconian parking regime, you’ll know that all bets are off once you cross the border from Devon.
So he saw the whole of the moon?
*Cue wheezy synthesizer*
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie
I sighed; he swooned.
Oh man, I haven’t thought of that song in years. I think I still love it!
Another great Lottie expression at the end there.
Agreed. Perfectly conveying the tension between Lottie’s consternation over what Billie’s saying, and not quite being able to process the experience of having her stand that close. John, thank you for the comics
“Don’t stand so…
Don’t stand so…
Don’t stand so close to me-ee-ee!”
I also like to imagine this is playing on the autopay parking kiosk’s speaker system during Brian’s wholehearted embrace.
I totally read her expression as distress at the idea of Brian’s nose, heart or any other anatomical structure getting anywhere near Shelley. I misinterpreted your comment about Lottie being made uncomfortable by Billie’s proximity, and I suppose that could still be the outcome of the person in question being a streak of sexy whitewash.
Yes. She is not greeting that development as a positive one!
Brian’s “lost puppy” look is precious!
He looks so forlorn!
Billie looks so proud of Brian♡. He’s doing so well and wants to help. Such a character development… she’s so impressed and happy! Lottie is sceptical. She needs to believe in Brian too.
You certainly called this one. Though I don’t think any of us could have foreseen Brian hugging an autopay parking kiosk as part of this emotional awakening.
Brian is quite unpredictable. This is why I love him♡ (he also knows how to play a guitar).
Hugging? I’m not sure that’s hugging. Lotties dismayed expression may be do to whatever he’s doing to that parking meter.
He didn’t say he’s going to find Shelley with his LOINS.
Even if he’s possibly thinking it.
Give the lad the benefit of the doubt!
The Power of Love…
Again still wondering if there’s actually…something between Brian and Billie.
We do know from the original Steeple #3 that Brian finds Billie attractive – admittedly, in his very ungroomed, Brian-ish way. I do believe at the time the phrases were “the curate has magnificently toned fetlocks” and “might be my last chance to grab a bit of Christian leg”.
A younger, crueler Brian. The Silvery Moon seems to have softened him and led to the penitent soul we see here.
Probably a great friendship ♡, with some orgy benefits.
I think that sounds about right. Full blown romance doesn’t really seem to be a thing in the COS.
Yep. They seem more like a big family in a polyamorous relationship where everyone (minus Tom, maybe) loves and cares for the other ♡.
“Come to the Church of Satan!
Lay together, pray together, stay together!”
So adorable!
I love how Lottie’s expression in panel 3 suggests her question is sincere and not entirely sarcastic.
Is Brian attempting to mount a pay and display machine there?
He’s communicating with it, with his heart. And maybe other parts of his body.
FYI you should know those Disney/Marvel upstarts have ripped off your Destroy History premise for their new “Loki” show. Undoubtedly you should notify your lawyers for some sort of fisticuffs at dawn, or however those things are handled.
Don’t worry, Dr Who already sued me, and Quantum Leap.
Obviously the only solution is to go back in time and convince Sydney Newman that Dr. Who should be a red-headed woman… or if he’s hard to convince, Jonathan Nathan-Turner.
Who did they cast for Nemulon?
Comic-book Loki’s bicycle-handlebar hat.
Hands up if you opened the JustPark app and entered the location 0191to see where Tredregyn is.
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It’s near Boscastle! I fear my photo ref may have lied to you via the medium of JustPark but I admire your moxie.
Until I read your intro I thought the sign said “Play and Pay” and was trying to work out what that might meant. A children’s playground or something as if Cornwall’s Council was charging kids to use the slide.
Don’t give them ideas.
I’m reminded of the old cartoon Fangface, in which even just seeing a picture of the moon could turn Sherman into a werewolf.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fangface
That Ginger thread in the air – it could lead to only one person!
The ginger string of fate?!
I think Brian may just be Shelly’s type.
I have been wondering about that.
Considering Shelly’s one very steady boyfriend’s … character, I also feel this is a correct assessment.
Yeah, I can see that. Brian does seem to have some things in common with Bruno.
OMG did I call this? I called this!
Okay, he’s not on a leash, but he’s still totally bloodhounding Shelley!
Brelley? Shian??
In any case, Charlotte’s face in the last panel clearly indicates that she’s definitely not a fan of THAT ship! ;-D
The composition of panel 1 is excellent. This whole page is visually exquisite.
Wait. Does “display and pay” mean it works on the honor system? The machine gives you a ticket (initially) for free, and then after you have attached it to your vehicle, you are expected to come back to the machine and pay for it? If so, this is a refreshingly trusting way to do things.
That’s how most multi-storey car parks work, isn’t it?
Except that “honor” (or “honour”?) is replaced by “captivity” until you pay.
Yes indeed. My experience (in the US, which admittedly might be different from the UK) is that most parking payment systems either require you to pre-pay to receive a ticket that you must then (quickly!) attach to your vehicle to avoid being hit with a huge fine, or they simply have an automatic gate that won’t let you leave until payment is received.
In ours you get the ticket, which has a time on it (and a barcode that embeds that transaction.) Before you leave, you have to scan the ticket, then you have to display it at the kiosk — many of these are just really awkward soft card readers. Generally you pay at the machine so your ticket will be marked “get out of (car) jail”
The step where you go to the machine is weird and awkward, and one wonders what the real grace period is between paying and leaving.
I just smash through the barrier rather than pay. I have a couple of planks lashed to the front of my car and I glued some memory foam to the roof to protect from “barrier blowback”. I’m not getting stuck in no stinking car jail.
Does it work at railway level crossings too?
It probably would but I’m so scared of level crossings that I plan my routes to go around them.
In the USA, we are strongly voluntarist and anti-monopolist, so you only got in car jail because you put your car in car jail. No one can put your car in car jail but you (unless you parked it after 4:00 pm on Baltimore St)
However, to be fair, over here, our parking fees are ridiculous. I think it’s much easier to get to the point where if you put your car in any given car jail for long enough, and can’t pay the fines, it is no longer your car.
That waft *seems to* match Erin’s hair color better than Shelley’s. Or it could just be that my color sense isn’t all that.
Using his powers for good, not evil? I’m sure Magus Tom is cursing Billie’s name (once again) at this turn of events.
Whether Brian’s intentions towards Shelley are 100% pure remains to be seen, of course.
Two words: Meat sweats.
Pure? In the light of the Church of Satan’s credo, Do what thou willst, pure might have a different meaning to Brian.
At this point, I view Tom through the same lens as, say, Gargamel.
His fundamental role in Tredregyn’s story is to make devious, Machiavellian plans that aren’t really even in line with the Satanist ethos.
Then when they’re foiled, he runs around, so mad.
I think the parking department of Cornwall Council and the Satanic Church are one and the same thing. Tom should look into it.