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[JoB]

If we assume that...
3) The moon seen on page 504 is waxing gibbous.

(Sorry, but as far North as Denmark, the Moon's terminator travels exclusively right to left, resulting in ... : )

[wavewright62]

The more I think of it, the more I'm tempted to peg "Aunt Helga" as a member of Ragnar's generation rather than of Árni (Ragnarsson)'s, as I've seen assumed by some people in the comments. She's pretty much stated to be dead, presumably of old age, in the present day and she's shown to have typical "old lady" complaints in the childhood flashback.

(I hope Kiraly doesn't mind if I use her most best Ragnar.  Look at this guy...)
<Darth Vader voice> So... you have a...sister...

[Purple Wyrm]

(Sorry, but as far North as Denmark, the Moon's terminator travels exclusively right to left, resulting in ... : )

Well dagnabit!

[Grade E cat]

(I hope Kiraly doesn't mind if I use her most best Ragnar.  Look at this guy...)
<Darth Vader voice> So... you have a...sister...

The siblings in that movie were fraternal twins. I'd be on board for that concerning Ragnar and Helga as well. Wait, I'm already headcanoning (is that a word? if not, it should be) the three Västerström brats as triplets, that's starting to make a lot of multiple births in the version of SSSS living in my head...

[wavewright62]

I don't think the changelings are actually triplets - Sune (the Emil lookalike) is definitely younger than the other two.  I'm not sure whether Anna or Håkan is older.  (Merely being drawn on the same branch on page 629 is not enough to indicate twins, as Mikkel and Michael are not.) 

[thorny]

I'm sure it isn't really; but does anyone else think that last panel looks like Reynir's waving to indicate 'here's my home, under this bridge'?

Surprise plot twist! Reynir's family are actually all old-style trolls!

[Windfighter]

I don't think the changelings are actually triplets - Sune (the Emil lookalike) is definitely younger than the other two.  I'm not sure whether Anna or Håkan is older.  (Merely being drawn on the same branch on page 629 is not enough to indicate twins, as Mikkel and Michael are not.)

I... I actually thought Sune was the oldest. Probably because I've only read one of the Sune-books and I remembered that Håkan was the younger brother and he had a younger sister and he had a sister named Anna and I assumed Anna was the younger sister because of that. Turned out Anna was the oldest of the siblings haha.
Of course obviously Minna doesn't have to have Torbjörn and Siv name their kids in the same order as the books the names are from but I still assumed that. I'm slightly ashamed now.

[Grade E cat]

I'm sure it isn't really; but does anyone else think that last panel looks like Reynir's waving to indicate 'here's my home, under this bridge'?

Surprise plot twist! Reynir's family are actually all old-style trolls!

So he's a bit of fixer upper
but this we're certain of
You can fix this fixer upper up
with a little bit of love.

On a slightly more serious note, between the town being built after the Rash outbreak and Fullmetal Alchemist being one of my old fiction flings, my brain went in a "the town is shaped like a rune and Reynir never really paid attention to the fact due to living there all his life" direction in terms of possible reveals for Monday.

[wavewright62]

I... I actually thought Sune was the oldest. Probably because I've only read one of the Sune-books and I remembered that Håkan was the younger brother and he had a younger sister and he had a sister named Anna and I assumed Anna was the younger sister because of that. Turned out Anna was the oldest of the siblings haha.
Of course obviously Minna doesn't have to have Torbjörn and Siv name their kids in the same order as the books the names are from but I still assumed that. I'm slightly ashamed now.

"The books"?  They're named after book characters?  I seemed to have missed that, which books are those?  (Boo for my ignorance, but YAY for Swedish culture knowledge upgrade?)

On a slightly more serious note, between the town being built after the Rash outbreak and Fullmetal Alchemist being one of my old fiction flings, my brain went in a "the town is shaped like a rune and Reynir never really paid attention to the fact due to living there all his life" direction in terms of possible reveals for Monday.

Also ignorant about FMA, but I really like the idea of the town being built as a living rune.  That would be mind-blowing indeed.

[Grade E cat]

"The books"?  They're named after book characters?  I seemed to have missed that, which books are those?  (Boo for my ignorance, but YAY for Swedish culture knowledge upgrade?)

Also ignorant about FMA, but I really like the idea of the town being built as a living rune.  That would be mind-blowing indeed.

I'm kind of curious about those books also, since I didn't know they existed until one of the people adding stuff to the TVTropes page besides myself mentioned them.

As for FMA, all you need to is know is that the magic system in that work has a loose equivalent to runes, and one of the twists in the story involves a massive-scale one.

[Windfighter]

"The books"?  They're named after book characters?  I seemed to have missed that, which books are those?  (Boo for my ignorance, but YAY for Swedish culture knowledge upgrade?)

Have some Swedish culture knowledge! I never liked those books much but my brother adored the Sune-series so I may have been biased

[thorny]

Lalli. Wait a minute. What are you doing on top of a bed?

-- oh. He's a cat. He's claiming the space somebody else was about to use; and the space in the nice sunny window, at that. But still, it's kind of unlike this particular cat.

[Vulpes]

Lalli. Wait a minute. What are you doing on top of a bed?

-- oh. He's a cat. He's claiming the space somebody else was about to use; and the space in the nice sunny window, at that. But still, it's kind of unlike this particular cat.

Someone over in the disqus comments made the excellent point that for the first time in his life, there are no voices in his head. It occurs to me that his body language is entirely changed as a result. To keep with the cat analogy, up to now he's been like a sick or injured cat - they're all-over tense, like their skin fits closer. A healthy, happy cat is loose and limber... and will go flomp!

[thorny]

Someone over in the disqus comments made the excellent point that for the first time in his life, there are no voices in his head.

Wow. I hadn't thought of that. And that is very much a point. Such unhappy voices, too.

Wonder whether he's going to refuse to go back home?

[Vulpes]

Wonder whether he's going to refuse to go back home?

I've been wondering the same, although from the art that Minna's posted it appears he doesn't. Or gets hauled back against his will...