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Murphy
Mira:
--- Quote ---I'm pretty sure she was described as such in the books, but it's hard to track down such quotes, unless you come along them by chance. As I advance in the books towards the current one, before the release of Twelve Months, I'll try to find one.
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It isn't that hard really, if a quote sticks in your head that helps to prove your point or where you think the story is going, you usually remember chapter, verse, and book. Sometimes all Jim gives us is a line or two of foreshadowing, sometimes none, sometimes it feels like there is foreshadowing all over the place, and Jim does nothing with it.
--- Quote ---I don't think Murphy deserves a punishment in the first place. We'll see how things develop in the coming books, because if Jim would have wanted to write her out completely, she'd be gone completely.
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Gard didn't see Murphy going to Valhalla as a punishment because it's what she believes in. Since I doubt that Murphy was a devote Catholic, she may not see it as a punishment either. The one being punished here is Harry, especially if Gard is right about the rules, it will be a very long time before he sees Murphy again. And if he does, it may be even crueler because she may have changed to the point where he doesn't know her anymore. Which I think it the point of the rule that cannot be broken, it is meant to be a kindness, not just for the living left behind, but for the dead as well.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on September 02, 2025, 12:45:44 PM ---Thank you for the quote, it still doesn't make Murphy a Valkyrie in the future. It is a good way to describe a female warrior ...
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Technically true, but IMHO a bit hair-splitting. Since we can be sure Odin & Gard & the Einherjaren were already in his planning, Jim using the term casually/accidentally seems awfully unlikely. If he didn't mean "Valkyrie" he could easily have gone with "skjaldmær" (shieldmaiden), who's the non-supernatural version. Or "Amazon" and get it entirely away from the whole Norse schtick.
Jim loves to drop his easter-eggs and foreshadowing; and he used "Valkyrie" twice.
There's obviously no certainty for us whether Jim meant the quoted passage to specifically foreshadow "Karrin becomes a Valkyrie," more generally as some form of "Karrin's fated to continue Fighting the Good Fight, just with a Norse flavor," or just "Karrin is a badass fighter."
Mira:
--- Quote ---Einherjaren
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Jim used Einherjaren and Murphy together a heck of a lot more. Murphy spared with them, lived with them, and I wouldn't be shocked to find out she went on missions with them. Also after she died, her body followed the classic pattern for the Norse Warrior, it wasn't Gard maybe, but one of her sisters picked up the body and took it to Valhalla, so Murphy could party and spar with the rest of the Einherjaren until needed by Odin in the final battle.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge on August 29, 2025, 01:43:01 AM ---So, how does someone become a Valkyrie?
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In universe? I'd guess they accept Vadderung's job offer prior to physical death. Ms. Gard delivered such an offer to Murphy and referred to the "health plan" - ie Valkyrie healing factor - as a perk.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on September 06, 2025, 03:04:47 AM ---In universe? I'd guess they accept Vadderung's job offer prior to physical death. Ms. Gard delivered such an offer to Murphy and referred to the "health plan" - ie Valkyrie healing factor - as a perk.
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Since she is dead, why would she need a health plan?
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