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Re: Latest Page Discussions/Comic Update Chitchat
« Reply #900 on: July 05, 2016, 07:58:48 PM »
OH BOY please tell me Reynir's gonna go on a little dream quest with Onni ! *gets shipper goggles ready*


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Re: Latest Page Discussions/Comic Update Chitchat
« Reply #901 on: July 05, 2016, 08:23:22 PM »
OH BOY please tell me Reynir's gonna go on a little dream quest with Onni ! *gets shipper goggles ready*
Somehow I don't think Onni will be too pleased...
But he might reluctantly agree! *excitement*
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Re: Latest Page Discussions/Comic Update Chitchat
« Reply #902 on: July 05, 2016, 08:28:06 PM »
Somehow I don't think Onni will be too pleased...
But he might reluctantly agree! *excitement*

I was actually thinking about how unenthusiastic Onni's probably going to be about this (like, more unenthusiastic than normal . . ) especially after forbidding Lalli to leave his dream space because 'it' is looking for them again, he might not want to leave his dream space except for emergencies like rescuing them all from the murderghosts. Then again that ban on leaving dream spaces might have mostly just been pertaining to Lalli because he knows Lalli isn't as powerful or trained of a mage as he is.


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Re: Latest Page Discussions/Comic Update Chitchat
« Reply #903 on: July 05, 2016, 08:35:36 PM »
I was actually thinking about how unenthusiastic Onni's probably going to be about this (like, more unenthusiastic than normal . . ) especially after forbidding Lalli to leave his dream space because 'it' is looking for them again, he might not want to leave his dream space except for emergencies like rescuing them all from the murderghosts. Then again that ban on leaving dream spaces might have mostly just been pertaining to Lalli because he knows Lalli isn't as powerful or trained of a mage as he is.
True.
Also, Reynir could try being ambiguous and saying, "I found something really important! Come see! [insert incomprehensible Reynir-babble here]" (Onni's internal monologue: Oh gods! Is it a troll? Will it kill Tuuri! Oh no. Oh no. They're doomed.) Thus getting him to risk leaving his haven!
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Re: Latest Page Discussions/Comic Update Chitchat
« Reply #904 on: July 05, 2016, 09:11:49 PM »
True.
Also, Reynir could try being ambiguous and saying, "I found something really important! Come see! [insert incomprehensible Reynir-babble here]" (Onni's internal monologue: Oh gods! Is it a troll? Will it kill Tuuri! Oh no. Oh no. They're doomed.) Thus getting him to risk leaving his haven!

I'd hope there's some way Reynir could weasel Onni out of his dreamscape to go adventure with him or else this wouldn't make for much of a story x3

I'm also thinking maybe Reynir's fylgja left him because he knew he'd go to Onni to accompany him because his fylgja is also a grubby little shipper >:3c


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Re: Latest Page Discussions/Comic Update Chitchat
« Reply #905 on: July 05, 2016, 09:14:38 PM »
I personally feel that the speculation on Discus about Reynir and Christianity is over-egged.  Maybe he will help some Christian ghosts move on to Val Halla or what not.  But he prayed to pagan gods a few pages ago, and he is apparently accustomed to seeing pagan symbols on the family farm.  The expression on his face when he saw a stained-glass panel with Christian symbols on it didn't connote familiarity to me.

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Re: Latest Page Discussions/Comic Update Chitchat
« Reply #906 on: July 05, 2016, 09:30:23 PM »
I personally feel that the speculation on Discus about Reynir and Christianity is over-egged.  Maybe he will help some Christian ghosts move on to Val Halla or what not.  But he prayed to pagan gods a few pages ago, and he is apparently accustomed to seeing pagan symbols on the family farm.  The expression on his face when he saw a stained-glass panel with Christian symbols on it didn't connote familiarity to me.
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Re: Latest Page Discussions/Comic Update Chitchat
« Reply #907 on: July 05, 2016, 09:38:05 PM »
I wouldn't complain either way, but Minna has said SSSS will focus on pagan themes.  I also recall the scene near the end of Redtail's Dream when they meet the village pastor and the church people bemoaning that they had it all wrong.

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Re: Latest Page Discussions/Comic Update Chitchat
« Reply #908 on: July 05, 2016, 11:04:24 PM »
You guys. Page 557.
At first I thought Reynir's fylgja couldn't enter Christian spaces, but then I remembered that earlier mage vision scene (here) where both of them were perfectly fine with hanging out in a church.
Any theories?

I took that one to be just a vision, not an actual Haven as the church appears to be, so since they weren't *actually* in a Christian space it was possible for Doggy to be present - though her being asleep does appear more significant now that she's either not seeing or plain refusing to enter the church Haven. Maybe it's a warning from the Norse gods that Reynir's fylgja is outside her/their domain of power, and that Reynir will be on his own while he meddles with another deity's space that might lay claim to him especially with the historical notion of Christianity replacing the old gods?
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Re: Latest Page Discussions/Comic Update Chitchat
« Reply #909 on: July 05, 2016, 11:52:40 PM »
Also wanted to add that I think it's pretty sweet and endearing that even though the last time we saw Reynir go into Lalli's dream space he got punched in the face with a tree he still considered going to Lalli for help and only didn't because Lalli wasn't there. Well, I don't know if it's sweet or "can't take a cue when he's told to stay out of someone else's haven" but I think it could say a lot that he's willing to overlook getting punched in the face and still be willing to come back and ask for help. Then again we don't know what happened with those two over the 'couple of weeks' time skip so maybe Lalli doesn't dislike Reynir quite as much as he used to ?


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Re: Latest Page Discussions/Comic Update Chitchat
« Reply #910 on: July 06, 2016, 02:53:56 AM »
I don't see why Reynir couldn't combine a bit of both, Christianity and Ásatrú tradition. People seem to think it must be one or the other, but for Nordic people we've actually combined them in various ways for centuries. Nordic Pagan traditions were never Christianity averse and although priests often complained about people leaving sacrifice to their old gods right after church ceremony, on their way home, your everyday Christian farmer saw no problem in any of that.

Iceland turning Christian year 1000 is actually a good example of that. Christianity did not just come over and trample the previous faith/s under heel, the deal was that though Iceland was to become Christian those people who wished to serve their old gods were allowed to do so*. The change was gradual and old ways didn't go anywhere, but existed in some form side by side with the new.

Norse people often converted for political convenience rather than actual faith, at least if going by sagas is any hint... if you wanted to side with a Christian king it was often expected of you**. Some kings even hired only Christians for their armies, meaning that joining in meant automatic baptism***. It took some hundreds of years before Christianity actually became the norm and even after that Icelanders have always blended in old traditions and newer traditions like magical staves. Unlike runes, most magical staves seem to have come to be during the time Iceland was fully Christian, they're in all likelihood younger than Christianity in Iceland since the first grimoires they're found in date from the 1700's. Many of them were in daily use and still are****.

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Re: Latest Page Discussions/Comic Update Chitchat
« Reply #911 on: July 06, 2016, 07:37:47 PM »
OH BOY please tell me Reynir's gonna go on a little dream quest with Onni ! *gets shipper goggles ready*
I hope you still have your shipper goggles on!
I'm not really a Onni/Reynir shipper but Reynir's face in the fourth panel is adorable. And also Onni's dreamspace is beautiful
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Re: Latest Page Discussions/Comic Update Chitchat
« Reply #912 on: July 06, 2016, 08:34:04 PM »
I don't really consider them one of my ships, either, but I'm definitely also putting my shipper goggles on because oh my goodness I just can't help it.
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Re: Latest Page Discussions/Comic Update Chitchat
« Reply #913 on: July 06, 2016, 08:37:15 PM »
My shipper goggles are glued to my head and I am dying of happiness and wondering why the heck I haven't written this pairing yet, good gods.

But even WITHOUT the ship goggles, this page is a delight. It's so pretty and sneaky!Reynir is so cute!
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Re: Latest Page Discussions/Comic Update Chitchat
« Reply #914 on: July 06, 2016, 08:43:53 PM »
I don't really consider them one of my ships, either, but I'm definitely also putting my shipper goggles on because oh my goodness I just can't help it.
I will not ship them too. I must resiiiist....
*shipper googles: on*
Oh well....
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