HeimdalDagsson

Hey, guys!

Sorry that I've been MIA for over a year. Just been busy with my job and personal work. On top of that, on June 6, my father very suddenly passed away. My family is doing all right as of right now, but please keep us in your thoughts.

In happier news for those that are wondering about the comic, don't worry--it's still being worked on.

Thanks for sticking around, guys, and I apologize again for my absence.

May you all have a safe and happy holiday.

And please remember to catnip responsibly!

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So, I was recently asked a question on the comic that prompted me to respond with a . . . more in-depth answer than I'd anticipated. >__>;; I realized that it was information that could be useful to anyone reading the comic, so I decided to put it here instead:

"I have to go into explanation-mode for a bit, so bear with me. I also apologize if I seem to get a bit snippy; it's not my intent, but it can sometimes happen when I'm being serious/over-explainy. Without further ado . . .

First of all, I feel that this boils down to being a misunderstanding due to an error on my part. I've provided very little information on Heimdal, and I will attempt to rectify that in the (hopefully near) future. In the meantime, the following will have to do. In my WKC headcanon, Heimdal is part warg, but in my story Ragnarǫk, he's of a race that typically takes on the form of ram-like creatures. Because of this, Heimdal (in both canons) is strongly associated with the ram. All of this draws from the fact that the god Heimdallr is believed to be associated with the ram. Therefore, the Ark Knight will be a . . . Knight-version of Heimdal's ram-like form.

As for the White Knight being more leonine now, it's based on my belief/headcanon that Leonard is associated with the lion. At the base level, his name literally means "brave lion," which I feel sums up how the creators intended his character to be. Lions normally represent (among other things) courage, strength, and justice, traits that I feel the creators were trying to portray with their protagonist. Did they succeed with it? I dunno! I'm not here to debate that. What I am here to talk about is why I do what I do, which is exploring things like this. It's interesting for me to look at avenues that the creators could've taken but didn't. Moving on, the "white knight"/"knight in shining armor" archetype can also be said to possess traits such as courage, strength, and justice. Granted, even without me prattling on, it's not difficult to understand why the hero would be represented by the literal White Knight. Would it, therefore, be that much of a stretch that the lion would be representative of both of them?

TL;DR - Heimdal is associated with the ram, Leonard is associated with the lion (in my headcanon, anyway), and that will be reflected in the designs of their respective Knights.

Good Lord, that was, uh . . . a bit more than what I was planning to say, but hopefully it sheds some light onto a few things. I can try to answer any more questions, but it's begun to dawn on me that my headcanon has gradually become quite different compared to the game's canon, and the changes and additional scenes continue to grow. Asking me a question about one thing could cause an information pileup in my brain (and I really don't want that to happen), or it could be related to stuff many chapters down the line that I'd rather not talk about at the time. Because of that, I feel the need more than ever to reiterate that this comic is not a straight adaptation or even an adaptation with a few edits here and there. It is my personal retelling of the story or how I would tell the story. I don't know if I'd call it a re-imagining, but I feel that it's something more than an adaptation.

Thank you to anyone that read through this whole essay, and good day! *bows and passes out* "