SSSS Read-Along: Chapters 0-10 [Finished]

[yuuago]

One of the best ways to survive a SSSS chapter break is to re-read the comic!

How it works: Every few days, a separate subthread will be posted to this entry for each chapter. Read the chapter, post your thoughts! Let's survive this chapter break together.



Read-along schedule:

April 09: Prologue - Thread
April 11: Chapter 01 - Thread
April 13: Chapter 02 - Thread
April 15: Chapter 03 - Thread
April 17: Chapter 04 - Thread
April 19: Chapter 05 - Thread
April 21: Chapter 06 - Thread
April 23: Chapter 07 - Thread
April 25: Chapter 08 - Thread
April 27: Chapter 09 - Thread
April 29: Chapter 10 - Thread


For discussion unrelated to the re-read, head over to the Discussion Post.
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Comments

Re: this is 90% mages and i regret none of it

[yuuago]

The waterfall makes me think of Tuonela in Redtail's Dream.

Do you mean the one on this page? It does look Tuonela-like. Though I think it's actually supposed to be a Norse allusion (flat world etc).

And sleep/dreaming and death are pretty closely related in ARtD. Is that a theme in Finnish myth?

I thiiiink someone else might be able to answer this better, but - in short, yes. I think. For instance, if your soul escapes while you're dreaming, you're gone; that's why there is the soul-bird/sielulintu to protect it. Also, IIRC, trance/dream is one of the ways to enter Tuonela (though I'm not sure if there's a specific bit of literature where this comes from - none of the Tuonela-journeys in the Kalevala involve it, but it's a thing that I've seen come up a lot).