Anthony’s mother is happy that the Noirs are taking care of her son, but she’s a little bittersweet about the series of events that led to this point.
Anthony’s mother is happy that the Noirs are taking care of her son, but she’s a little bittersweet about the series of events that led to this point.
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I feel like Michelle really needs to have a look at the spell on Anthony’s mum, when she has the time
If Anthony’s mother touched a sufficiently old medallion, would the spell on her be broken and she’d revert to being a harpy?
Supposedly yes, but IIUC there are no medaillons for harpies (yet?) and she’d be unable to ever return to her human life, possibly not even to her native island. Not a decision she should make lightly, especially considering that her son’s still trying his darndest to succeed with the exact opposite thing …
Harpies are still considered ‘monsters’, which means no medallions.
Madam U would be all too happy to sell Anthony a medallion for a significant price if there was one available.
But see if Michelle makes harpy medallions, that’s not Madame U’s decision to make, it’s Michelle’s as to if she wants to charge or not
Well, yeah, if Michelle ever gets the handle on it. Or is even given time to learn.
Right now, though… yeah. If there were any harpy medallions, they would have been made long ago, and Madam U would most likely have gotten her hands on at least one. Money to be made, after all.
Did Blanche and Tony’s parents meet before Tony’s accident? Was one side or the other able to tell that they weren’t human?
I’d love to see some prose or a scribbly comic about Blanche’s mother breaking the news to Tony’s mother.
> Did Blanche and Tony’s parents meet before Tony’s accident?
IIUC Tony and his mum didn’t settle down in Liverpool until after dad had vanished.
Blanche had obviously met “Missus Gillis” before, and didn’t suspect a thing: https://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/heartaches-1-hello-missus-gillis/
No idea whether the two moms have ever met beforehand …
Seems like they were already familiar with each other when Ophelia went to see the Noirs. Given how close their boys are I imagine they were at least friendly.
Hmmmmmm …
First off, it seems that I was wrong about Tonys dad: Liverpool was his home, and he brought wife and kid there: https://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/reunion-page-16-like-a-princess/ .
Second, I have a problem imagining that Ophelia, who had only eyes for her 100% human husband until they split, managed to a) learn about other mythicals, b) make contact with some of them, c) convince them that she’s in fact another one under her permanent human disguise, and d) get introduced to the LA, all in the time her son grew up (remember, Tony’s not of legal age yet, though I forget the exact number), all while keeping the two of them afloat.
I suspect that she and Adele had exchanged cell phone numbers at some point, as the mothers of two school buddies, and then, thinking hard about Blanche ushering Tony out of their home and what may have prompted that, she called Adele and told her flat out that She Knows™ (cue “egad The LA Is Compromised™” mini-panic) … followed by an all-cards-on-the-table meetup, the one the two boys then walked in on.
I suspect that Ophelia has lived within easy walking distance of the Avalon in its waterfront warehouse long enough to have noticed clues that “normal” humans consistently overlook. Even if she didn’t know the exact location, she had to realize there’s a significant number of mytholos in Liverpool.
Considering that Ophelia showed up at the Noir house in the short time that Tony & Blanche were guitar shopping, and apparently without drama, I suspect that this was not the first time she & Adele met face to face. They had almost certainly exchanged secret backstories well before the events of “Reunion”, if not “Exchanges”.
OMG!!! That’s my question! I finally got a question that I asked answered for the first time! This is awesome! A moment in history! Thank you so much Kory! I hope to ask more questions again in the future! <3
Is it common for white stags to label their antlers like Blanche’s dad?
Not any more than for Jim to label his instrument, I’d say: https://www.skindeepcomic.com/reader-questions/2023-reader-question-70/ ;-)
I guess it’s a Kory-RQ-ism; also see the RQs 8, 26, 27, 117, 143, 145 and 151 of the 2024 series.
[avoids making links of all of these, as that would likely make the comment go to the moderation queue – sorry]