I noticed hat Sigrun is said to only speak Norwegian... but from what she said to Lalli, it's clear that she's worked with Icelandic mages before... so... how did they communicate?
There are Norwegian mages who are trained in the "Seidr" brand of magic at the Icelandic mage academy. If she's been in the army her entire life she has most likely worked with some of them.This.
This.
Also, the book drive cover reveals her eyes to be purple.
See, I have this little "tally" that keeps confirming to me that a character in comics or animation who have purple irises almost always are good characters.
Be they cute, hilarious, badass, charming, whatever. They will always be good.
It totally does not have anything to do with purple being my favorite color alongside green. Nooot at all.
Not going to pretend like I know anything about colour classification, but couldn't this also be a case of blue eyes appearing violet (http://s397.photobucket.com/user/orabinji/media/eyecolour.png.html?sort=3&o=0) under intense light?Lalli has white eyes on the cover, and Braidy has emerald green eyes. Neither of which are "real" colors.
I mean, I don't think it's normal to have purple eyes...?
Oh, gosh. I was just going to say something, but then I forgot, because the OTHER thought crossed my mind that Sigrun might have oddly colored eyes...because she's the other mage. Just a thought, but then I started thinking about what would happen if she WAS the other mage. Oh, gosh.
I wonder if part of her ancestry is from some of those surviving Scots who moved to Norway.
On a completely unrelated note, I wonder what happens when a mage gets drunk. Can they still use their magical powers because wow you wouldn't want to be in the area.Well, it shouldn't be too different from some mage turning angry, evil, insane, daydreaming, having nightmares, turning into a troll, or developing his abilities a bit too early for his formation to start, or, for that matter, any mage growing up someplace where said formation somehow happens to be not readily available.
...Not surprising, at least for Iceland since they are genetically almost a third Celtic (not enough women from the old country when it was settled).
Norway and Iceland isn't that far behind Celtic countries in number of redheads...
Because she is a redhead?
Norway and Iceland isn't that far behind Celtic countries in percentage of redheads. Take Árni for example, there's nothing to suggest that he's part Scottish.
Although Sigrun has clearly witnessed Emil breaking the mirror, she covers up for him declaring that it was already broken before they got there (today's p. 188). Maybe that is already part of her group building leader abilities. ;)
Something I think is safe to assume from the new page:
Sigrun will HAAAATE Braidy, at least at first.
Why? Because he is likely to be young and incompetent? Some of the art slightly suggests that she will appreciate his contribution.Yes, young, completely inexperienced and useless, and probably not even properly hired to the team.
I think she really enjoyed be "the responsible adult in command" in that situation. If she had been on her own, maybe she would have gone to check out the city. But since Tuuri was so excited, saying "no" became an interesting option as well. Does that make any sense to you?
You know, it does make sense to me...
Sigrun strikes me as a very theatrical sort of person. She likes people! She likes being around people! She ESPECIALLY likes being seen and heard by people! ("You're so tall!" "I like you already!") And so the things she does are somewhat informed by the assumption that she has an audience--she's like the class clown, except she's not stuck with just playing for laughs. She likes attention ("Inside voice, sweetie."), and she'll happily play to one role or another to get that attention and show herself in the most positive possible light.
So yeah, if she were on her own, she'd probably run full speed ahead. Why not? I suspect she's skillful enough as a hunter to come through pretty well even if she's horrifyingly reckless.
But ah, when life makes you the commanding officer over a naive, starstruck little kidling--one must take that for all it's worth!
Ad. 2, I'd say it's most probable, except I also see it as that kind of irritation on someone breaking things characteristic for other people usually breaking things. And I don't want to suggest Sigrun is not professional, but her energy and enthusiasm... can lead to many situations.
Or I am just overanalysing, being pretty scatty myself...
Eh, tbh I interpreted that more as an outgrowth of her naturally effusive personality than anything. Go into treasure box > find shiny valuable thing > shiny valuable thing falls to dust > OUTBURST OF FRUSTRATION!!1!
After all, she's very much not the sort to censor herself. Or worry about others' feelings / reactions to her. At all. :P
I actually thought that with the alliteration, and how it could've been a lot worse, that it was pretty tame for Sigrun and maybe a little bit endearing? Maybe...Hamfisted does seem to be a rather mild swear word. And "hapless " is more of an observation about Emil's life in general. ;D
Hamfisted does seem to be a rather mild swear word.
He reminds me of a bear (if talking about appearance). He's analyzing the prey!
Or he's a care bear.
On a serious side, yes, I noticed that too. Mikkel seems to have read the others' profiles and paid attention, enough to remember Lalli's language abilities. I wonder if Sigrun read them at all (she knew Lalli was a mage, but she might have been told by Trond, or just glanced at the file to know each member's abilities.
I wonder if Sigrun can read more than an elementary level. Maps yes, but a non-illustrated book?
I wonder if Sigrun can read more than an elementary level. Maps yes, but a non-illustrated book?
Page 288: Sigrun has Reynir Arnason taken prisoner and...
Loses it. While she has several times been seen to be hasty and to overreact, this time she does both AND looks as if she is failing to cope. Her face as she runs back to the CatTank looks like a silent scream of frustration and bewilderment would look. She has claw-hands -- a sure sign in graphic novels of emotion beyond a character's limits.
If she makes a stupid mistake now then it's going to be a humdinger, and it will take all Mikkel's calm, inner authority to override her.
I think this might be just her overeacting in general.
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