Reynir Árnason -- Character Development

[North]

*Bows and pays respect to you, beautiful person*

You are very welcome.
Also, that piece of art is the most glorious thing I've seen. It's perfect.

[Jitter]

Soo... Reynir character development discussion has ended by the time Reynir’s character development started Anybody want to continue? I was linked to this thread, but if there is a more appropriate one, pleased let me know!

Jumping from the confused and apologetic lad he (understandably) was when he first arrived in the Silent World, Reynir has probably grown the most. Just now, in Adventure 2 and especially on p 314, he’s a useful member of the team. He’s also got self esteem and decisiveness, even enough to outright stand up to Onni, and rightfully so.

[Róisín]

Agreed. Between finding his magic, learning to have at least some mastery of it, and moving from being the baby of a large and competent family to being someone in his own right, with his own worthwhile skills, is a huge step.

[wavewright62]

Agreed.  It was thrilling to see him put his foot down to fight for what he knew was right, in Pastor Anne's case. 
Will we get an arc when he pushes for something, following the same set of instincts, which proves to be *wrong*?  (Because that certainly is a thing for the wunderkind trope to experience.)

[LooNEY_DAC]

Agreed.  It was thrilling to see him put his foot down to fight for what he knew was right, in Pastor Anne's case. 
Will we get an arc when he pushes for something, following the same set of instincts, which proves to be *wrong*?  (Because that certainly is a thing for the wunderkind trope to experience.)

If we do, I hope it's something where he can afford to be wrong without anyone dying as a consequence; given the lethality of the Silent World, that's not likely.

[phocena]

I think Onni will be Reynir's first pseudo-mentor now that they're together and out in the field. Without Onni, Reynir wouldn't last even a day on his own.

Spoiler: show

 Reynir: Hey Onni, look, a spirit troll!
Onni: Wha... NO, DON't-

[Jitter]

So, do we think today’s prank means Reynir has progressed, or possibly gone backwards? I’m in two minds - on the one hand it’s good to see he has some humor left in him even after so long (how long? Week? Two weeks? Since Väinö’s) in constant peril. On the other, this could have been a very emotional moment but he went for the laughs.

Now that I’m writing this, it occurs to me that Reynir is indeed in relative safety for the first time for a long while (longer than since Väinö’s actually) and he knows it too because Onni explained it briefly with the mosquito incident. So maybe he’s a bit light headed with relief with the safe place and finding Onni, and on top of that even seeing Tuuri. So maybe his prank isn’t that well considered, but perhaps he can be forgiven?

[Vulpes]

So, do we think today’s prank means Reynir has progressed, or possibly gone backwards? I’m in two minds - on the one hand it’s good to see he has some humor left in him even after so long (how long? Week? Two weeks? Since Väinö’s) in constant peril. On the other, this could have been a very emotional moment but he went for the laughs.

Now that I’m writing this, it occurs to me that Reynir is indeed in relative safety for the first time for a long while (longer than since Väinö’s actually) and he knows it too because Onni explained it briefly with the mosquito incident. So maybe he’s a bit light headed with relief with the safe place and finding Onni, and on top of that even seeing Tuuri. So maybe his prank isn’t that well considered, but perhaps he can be forgiven?

I think you've hit on something - he may be a bit giddy with relief from constant vigilance, and he does seem to lack a bit in the judgement department sometimes. The combination could definitely lead him to a rather tasteless prank. Or perhaps he's been pranked many times by now by Mikkel (off "camera") and it's rubbing off! 

[Jitter]

Here we see Reynir the Grown-up again! http://www.sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=343

He’s bringing up an important piece of information despite the fact that (even) he must understand that Onni “maybe a little stressed”. He’ll soon be a real boy!

[Lallicat]

Reynir is part lion. Who knew?

[AndrogynousAutarch]

Speaking as someone who just completed the comic, I find Reynir to be really growing on me as a character. His growth into a more mature explorer has proven to be very satisfying. I'm also ecstatic when he shares the scene with Lalli and Emil.