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[Yuuago]

*slams fist on table* MAGE FIGHT ! MAGE FIGHT !

Yesssss do want. *_*
(I dunno if it'll happen in this particular incident, something tells me probably not, but still, DO WANT.)

[Tr]

Either way, whoever it is behind this chunk of dream, I think they will be an antagonist - and that indeed, we may very well get a mage fight.

Awesome!

[BlueSkyVail]

*slams fist on table* MAGE FIGHT ! MAGE FIGHT !

MAGE FIGHT!  MAGE FIGHT!

Oh my goodness, I want to see this so badly.

[Windfighter]

*slams fist on table* MAGE FIGHT ! MAGE FIGHT !

MAGE FIGHT!  MAGE FIGHT!
Oh my goodness, I want to see this so badly.

Let me present to you people
Mage Fight

[BlueSkyVail]

Let me present to you people
Mage Fight

But we need another mage fight! We need all the mage fights!

Seriously though, the concept of combat in the dream world is just so interesting because they aren't as bound by the constructs of reality.  Maybe that's why I get so excited about them.

[Tr]

But we need another mage fight! We need all the mage fights!

Seriously though, the concept of combat in the dream world is just so interesting because they aren't as bound by the constructs of reality.  Maybe that's why I get so excited about them.

Yesss. So many things could happen. Oh, and there's the possibility that if a mage dies in the dreamworld, they die in real life. And also a mage fight would give us the chance to see an experienced mage in action!

[ChazHoosier]

I've said this on Disqus a couple times already, but it seems a bit much to be believed that Reynir wouldn't have even the slightest idea what Christianity or a church is no matter how thoroughly and sincerely Iceland went pagan.  I'm hoping his question in today's comic is more about what a church is doing in the dream world instead of what a church is. 

[urbicande]

I've said this on Disqus a couple times already, but it seems a bit much to be believed that Reynir wouldn't have even the slightest idea what Christianity or a church is no matter how thoroughly and sincerely Iceland went pagan.  I'm hoping his question in today's comic is more about what a church is doing in the dream world instead of what a church is. 

I'm not convinced he wouldn't have an idea.  He seems to be from a pretty rural area and hasn't traveled much (if at all).  I suspect that most standing churches in the countryside would be repurposed or cannibalized for building materials.  (If he was from Reykjavík then I'd be astonished if he didn't know what a church was, though.)

I'm not sure how long an unmaintained wooden structure would last in Iceland's environment.

[ChazHoosier]

The Christians of Iceland never forgot the country was once pagan, so I don't see why they would so suddenly forget 1,000 years of Christianity.  I wouldn't expect Reynir to spout lines from Luther's Catechism, but surely he could see a cross and think "Oh yeah, that Jesus guy."  I'm just a little credulous about this turn in the plot is all.

[Yuuago]

The Christians of Iceland never forgot the country was once pagan, so I don't see why they would so suddenly forget 1,000 years of Christianity.  I wouldn't expect Reynir to spout lines from Luther's Catechism, but surely he could see a cross and think "Oh yeah, that Jesus guy."  I'm just a little credulous about this turn in the plot is all.

Well... Reynir barely seems to know much about his own religion; in that light, it wouldn't be that surprising if he was kind of clueless about someone else's.

[urbicande]

The Christians of Iceland never forgot the country was once pagan, so I don't see why they would so suddenly forget 1,000 years of Christianity.  I wouldn't expect Reynir to spout lines from Luther's Catechism, but surely he could see a cross and think "Oh yeah, that Jesus guy."  I'm just a little credulous about this turn in the plot is all.

Reynir is really pretty sheltered and young, though.

I wouldn't expect all Icelanders to be so clueless

[ChazHoosier]

Maaaaaybe?  I suppose it's not impossible that he's never heard a Christmas carol or heard someone says "Jesus!" after stubbing his toe?

[Piney]

I've said this on Disqus a couple times already, but it seems a bit much to be believed that Reynir wouldn't have even the slightest idea what Christianity or a church is no matter how thoroughly and sincerely Iceland went pagan.  I'm hoping his question in today's comic is more about what a church is doing in the dream world instead of what a church is. 

I feel like he wouldn't have called it a "house" if he knew what a church was.

[Yuuago]

I feel like he wouldn't have called it a "house" if he knew what a church was.

...Man, I didn't even catch that, but you're right, he does call it a house*. Interesting. :Va Which suggests that not only does he not know it's a church, but he doesn't really recognize it as any kind of place of worship/religious building/whatever.

[Aierdome]

I think if Iceland went honestly, thoroughly pagan, only really old people (90+, maybe 70+ years old) would say "Jesus" or the like. Going by Reynir's home flashback, he didn't live with his grandparents, so it could be he's never encountered anyone who'd use Christianic swears. Add to that the fact that the Icelanders seem to have deliberately forgotten huge chunks of Old World, at least at first (see last two pages of Arni section of the prologue), and it's likely that even Icelanders in Reykjavik don't know what a church is.

One think I'd note is that distances don't seem to matter all that much in dreamspace - Reynir certainly wouldn't be sleeping long enough to get to Mora and back with Onni. For all we know, the owner of dreamchurch could be somewhere in Poland or southern Germany.