> From: David Mandalis [mandalis@earthlink.net]

>Also, the Norn's in Ragnorak have not shown any powers close to 
what the AMG sisters have in the way of a battle arsenal. 

From the trailer for episode 16, it looks like they get to show their powers 
soon. For example, there's a shot of Urd standing in front of a tidal wave 
and Loki hacking apart a water monster. Did she conjure it?
I think we can have a better comparison in a few more episodes. So far, the 
only power I've seen that would bother an AMG goddess other than Skuld is 
Urd's illusion space.
Their characterization could use some work too. Right now, all three sisters 
appear interchangable. They act the same and they practically sound the 
same. If they're going to get offed in two episodes or so however, then it 
wouldn't matter.

>and the "V/B" sibilance seems to be only to appear in Belldandy/Vervandi.

Maybe it's just impossible for the VAs to wrap their tongues around 
Verthandi, took me a few times to figure it out myself. Can you imagine the 
director saying, "No you cannot pronounce it as 'Belldandy'. I know it's hard 
but just try..."

>But all in all it's the best researched work yet on any series that I have 
seen that pulls in the Norse mythos.

Certainly looks that way. I'm going to watch from this point on, then decide 
if I want to get the earlier episodes.
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