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    THIS is interesting. Brinnie apparently left the Court before 'that', and hasn't been back since. No wonder Anja is so emotional. Brinnie, as well.

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    Brinnie made the same assumption about Annie's father as Coyote did. Though she seems not to be a fan of Anthony.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 137ben View Post
    Brinnie made the same assumption about Annie's father as Coyote did. Though she seems not to be a fan of Anthony.
    I think it's more that she's not a fan of Surma dating Tony. Remember: she had a crush on him and he messed it up through his emotion processing issues.

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    Ayyyy, who said it was going to be Brinnie?
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    Crank the cattiness up to eleven!

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    Embarrassed discomfiture, yes; but I would have thought Brinnie might have gone "AH! THAT is why he did not respond to my overtures, he burned with silent passion for Surma! So romantic! And awkward."

    In other news, mystery seeds are showing up in people's mailboxes. Obviously, Ysengrin.

    https://wtop.com/local/2020/07/virgi...il-from-china/

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    Quote Originally Posted by eee View Post
    In other news, mystery seeds are showing up in people's mailboxes. Obviously, Ysengrin.

    https://wtop.com/local/2020/07/virgi...il-from-china/
    There's actually a fairly mundane explanation for this: brushing. It's illegal, and consists of a seller placing fake orders on itself to increase its ranking on services like Ali Baba.

    EDIT: A more complete explanation: https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshe...hing-about-it/
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    I thought Tom Bombadil dreadful — but worse still was the announcer's preliminary remarks that Goldberry was his daughter (!), and that Willowman was an ally of Mordor (!!).

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    Quote Originally Posted by eee View Post
    Embarrassed discomfiture, yes; but I would have thought Brinnie might have gone "AH! THAT is why he did not respond to my overtures, he burned with silent passion for Surma! So romantic! And awkward."

    In other news, mystery seeds are showing up in people's mailboxes. Obviously, Ysengrin.

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    I prefer to think they are Audrey IIs

    Anyhow, Annies seem to know what the Norns are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 137ben View Post
    I prefer to think they are Audrey IIs

    Anyhow, Annies seem to know what the Norns are.
    She's always been very into world mythology (see also: Chapter 2). Probably met a few Valkyries in Good Hope from stab victims or something.

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    I wonder if Kat's thinking "Belldandy? Urd? Skuld?". Lord knows, I am.

    I'm still holding to hope in this episode we find out how it is that Eglamore can use the Valknut.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SZbNAhL View Post
    She's always been very into world mythology (see also: Chapter 2). Probably met a few Valkyries in Good Hope from stab victims or something.
    Valkyries are explicitly not psychopomps by Word of Tom.
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    Quote Originally Posted by eee View Post
    I wonder if Kat's thinking "Belldandy? Urd? Skuld?". Lord knows, I am.

    I'm still holding to hope in this episode we find out how it is that Eglamore can use the Valknut.
    Kat has historically been less knowledgeable about mythology than Annie, so what she knows about them might be limited to what is explained on-panel in the comic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 137ben View Post
    Kat has historically been less knowledgeable about mythology than Annie, so what she knows about them might be limited to what is explained on-panel in the comic.
    However, Kat has been shown to be quite knowledgable about pop culture and might have seen Ah! My Goddess.
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    Oh. Of COURSE a Norn would look like the person looking at them! Present, past, and future.

    Little Kat is incredibly adorable.

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    Yeah neat variant. Also short hair is a good look for future Kat

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ibrinar View Post
    short hair is a good look for future Kat
    Very much so.

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    Nice touch with the speech balloons blocking their faces when it's the reader's POV.

    And unsurprisingly given what we know of her interests, Kat makes the connection to Belldandy. Grats to those who called it.
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    Huzzah, I called it.
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    It's refreshing to see characters who are aware of enough to immediately "get it" when they realize they're all seeing something different, instead of once again having a stupid argument over it.
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    I'm kind of surprised it took Kat this long to think "Oh My Goddess", but perhaps she isn't a fan.

    I'm glad Verdandi is cool with it. I wonder how Urd and Skuld liked their comic versions.

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    Huzzah, I called it.
    Good call, you win three cookies that show how a cookie looks in the past, present, and future!

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    Good call, you win three cookies that show how a cookie looks in the past, present, and future!
    Ewww, yum, and Ewww?

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    Ewww, yum, and Ewww?
    Cookie dough is tasty! But agreed on the last one XD
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    ...annnd stable time loops confirmed.

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    Not that stable though, since Kat is younger than she usually is when she shows up. Unless that means she's going to be going back here again later in life.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kornaki View Post
    Not that stable though, since Kat is younger than she usually is when she shows up. Unless that means she's going to be going back here again later in life.
    I'd imagine that they don't see the flow of time in the same 'way' that others do so this, being the first time she meets them, means that it's the youngest they've ever seen her.

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    So, if I understand correctly, Annie's Dad is actually Chuck Goodrich, sent back in time to avoid a catastrophe by resurrecting Surma and helping creating a robo-army?
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    Anthony Carver isn't nearly rad enough to be a Chuck Goodrich.
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    I really like this take on the Norns.

    Props to Tom for making it reasonably fresh.
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    I really want to pick little Kat up and hug her...

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