Well, all of her friends will stay body-jacked by members of the Norse and Greek pantheon, and there’s always the possibility that Loki and Hermes’s storm will blow up in their faces and destroy everything.
I get your point but I would like to play a bit of devils (or Loki 🙂 ) advocate.
First off- and this is tricky perhaps- let’s look at their roles. Loki is a god, an actual god (not a comic book villain!) representing chaos and change while Anne is not. Anne is human… imbued with ‘magic destiny’ while Loki is performing his role.
Anne has decided this is a ‘bad’ thing.. why? So she’s no longer unique in the world? The consequence are.. extreme. Reality changing on massive scale. People would be born who would not otherwise exist. Science would have to run in parallel with magical forces… diseases could be wiped out- or new ones made. People could be happier or worse… but that is the nature of chaos. This is within Loki’s jurisdictions to act out.
We can explore the question of rule and at first glance… Loki is bad for trying to rule and Anne is a hero for stopping it- however Anne is actually trying to maintain the status quo… that is whoever or whatever curently rules over reality, call it what you will… it should not be Loki as this is a reality ‘she prefers’. Take this argument further and Anne as has decided to be God… and insist no change is allowed. Being magically imbued does not automatically give her this right.. the others are actual gods and goddesses fighting this out- as has been the case in their respective realities… granting legitimacy if reality is to be argued.
This is actually interesting to me. I can draw another possibility… If Anne wins she becomes the new Loki. The new god of chaos.
Sorry for rambling thoughts. I do like the comic. I just get a lot of wishful thinking when it comes to changing the world and bringing magic into it 🙂
As The Wotch, Anne is already the multiversal Avatar of Chaos. Loki and these other gods appear to be local to Earth (i.e. just one universe, or possibly any universe similar enough to have a Loki, a Hermes, etc.). The Wotch is possibly superior in official authority if not raw power to anybody short of the Powers which created the roles of Wotch and Worlock originally.
Hermes is the god of trade, heraldry, merchants, commerce, roads, thieves, trickery, sports, travelers, and athletes in Ancient Greek mythology. He's also trying to bring about the rebirth of the Greek and Norse pantheons of gods.
I like the 30-second pause.:)
I look forward to finding out what she can do with a Flute of Chaos.
All the chaos magic interfered with her summoning, so she actually only has the Fife of Havoc right now.
Nonsense. That is the Recorder of Mischief in her hand, I’m sure of it.
Looks more like the Piccolo of Chicanery to me.
What about the Penny Whistle of Perdition? Granted, it’s more for messing around with innocent souls, but hey, at this point anything is useful.
Thank you for writing, drawing and commenting, and take care!
Well it doesn’t look like the Kazoo of Mild Perplexity, so she should be fine.
It might just be a whistle of Shenanigans
I dunno, maybe it’s an Oboe of Obfuscation?
music to my ears!
No Loki. Stop. Please don’t make the world more magical. Fight for a mundane world! … what. I mean if Anne losses is it really that bad?
Well, all of her friends will stay body-jacked by members of the Norse and Greek pantheon, and there’s always the possibility that Loki and Hermes’s storm will blow up in their faces and destroy everything.
Hm… … … … yes. That… that would be bad.
go Loki! 😉
Magical or mundane. Doesn’t matter. If Loki is in charge it will be miserable for mortals.
I get your point but I would like to play a bit of devils (or Loki 🙂 ) advocate.
First off- and this is tricky perhaps- let’s look at their roles. Loki is a god, an actual god (not a comic book villain!) representing chaos and change while Anne is not. Anne is human… imbued with ‘magic destiny’ while Loki is performing his role.
Anne has decided this is a ‘bad’ thing.. why? So she’s no longer unique in the world? The consequence are.. extreme. Reality changing on massive scale. People would be born who would not otherwise exist. Science would have to run in parallel with magical forces… diseases could be wiped out- or new ones made. People could be happier or worse… but that is the nature of chaos. This is within Loki’s jurisdictions to act out.
We can explore the question of rule and at first glance… Loki is bad for trying to rule and Anne is a hero for stopping it- however Anne is actually trying to maintain the status quo… that is whoever or whatever curently rules over reality, call it what you will… it should not be Loki as this is a reality ‘she prefers’. Take this argument further and Anne as has decided to be God… and insist no change is allowed. Being magically imbued does not automatically give her this right.. the others are actual gods and goddesses fighting this out- as has been the case in their respective realities… granting legitimacy if reality is to be argued.
This is actually interesting to me. I can draw another possibility… If Anne wins she becomes the new Loki. The new god of chaos.
Sorry for rambling thoughts. I do like the comic. I just get a lot of wishful thinking when it comes to changing the world and bringing magic into it 🙂
As The Wotch, Anne is already the multiversal Avatar of Chaos. Loki and these other gods appear to be local to Earth (i.e. just one universe, or possibly any universe similar enough to have a Loki, a Hermes, etc.). The Wotch is possibly superior in official authority if not raw power to anybody short of the Powers which created the roles of Wotch and Worlock originally.
this would no be the magic flute from h r puffinstuff
No. Pretty sure this is the flute she got her magic from, that one time at band camp.
I think that Mozart wrote an opera about a flute like this
I’m betting that in this universe, this is that exact same flute.
…. ok that should work as well. Still think she’s the one with least reasons to worry in storm of chaos.
If this isn’t a Thor: Ragnarok reference, then I don’t know what is…
She’s going to bind the magic into the flute, possibly along with Loki and Hermes.
Then give it to Freya. :/
Shoulda gone for a Bass Flute of Pounding. Those suckers can bring some mean level of physical damage, what with the keys and rods.
See the Mission Impossible movie of a couple of years back for the damage a bass flute can do.
Or the flutes that Zhen Ji from Dynasty Warriors uses. ^_^
What, no one referencing the flute from her origin story?
… I guess it falls to me …
http://www.thewotch.com/?comic=enter-the-wotch-12
🙂
I’m betting that the flute will be able to substitute as a Myth Anchor for her, since it is her “empowering artifact”.
I did, in response to vangard7.
Oops, sorry. I must have skimmed the responses too fast.
Oh well. At least I provided a convenient link, right? 🙂
True.