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SISTER MAGICA?? FATHER POE??

Please (if you get the chance) tell me more about the Catholic De Spell siblings I beg you

lolol!! So i don't have too much on these two because I don't expect them to show up in the current story, they stay in the Negaverse. They try to do as much good as possible there even though it feels like a losing battle. They're currently part of the church that runs the orphanage where Lince grew up, which is how he met them, he's very familiar with them and loves going to confession with Father Poe. Sister M helped Lince through the hardest times after he lost his wife and they have a deep friendship but it never goes farther than that despite how they both feel. She sees the good in him even if no one else does. Both DeSpell's have a purifying essence to them that gives people a feeling of peace when they're around. Magica loves hearing about the other world Lince visits and followed him and Negaduck once through the portal. She wanted to stay and tried to talk her brother into going, but he felt they could and should do more good in the Negaverse. She agreed and stayed. They just really want to help people in their world in any way they can. They may be referenced in the story at some point but for now they're just doing their best in the Negaverse. :V

I think it would be really funny if Clark's parents in the dcu were just doomsday preppers or something lol

Was it clark who, when she was first overwhelmed and screaming at the noise, shot up into space with her? As the noise died away did she realise she wasn't drowning in the vacuum? Is that how she learned to shoot into the sky for respite?

How did kara learn english? Does it count as "immersion" if your only source is your cousin? Did she ever join a class? Does she have peers, immigrants and refugees in a university language centre or town hall, or did she sit alone in front of a TV and an LLM?

Clark grew up in a farmhouse in a cosy room with posters on the walls. How did kara end up living alone? What ugly hurtful things had to be said for both clark and kara, angry, hurt and ashamed, to agree she should have her own space? Whose idea was it?

Does she still have that apartment? She could live anywhere and she mostly lives off-planet but when she's on planet does she live out Clark's hopes for her? Where else might she could she live?

Krypto wears his little cape when he's with clark but kara never puts it on him. That's not a question but it's compelling as hell. When kara came to pick him up she was wearing the suit. That's compelling as hell. She brushes her teeth earth-style, eats earth cereal even when she's away, and as far as we can tell speaks English to herself instead of Kryptonian. That's compelling as hell.

Hello. My sweeties.

UPDATE! They found the original photo!

Despite it all, we're still chugging along.

Tomorrow will mark five(!) years since this blog's first post, and five years of almost uninterrupted daily posts about linking characters in video games to Ryu from the Street Fighter. That strikes me as a lot. It probably is a lot.

And so, as is now firmly a yearly tradition, I will be taking a week off from regular posting and returning July 20. I will also remain available to answer any lighter questions, as I always am.

I'd like to use this space to thank @dorkshove, @owoshabae, @borntobeanartistsstuff, @froglord999, @kamayana, @oswald-the-moonsprite, and @crimsondestroyer for their post submissions over the past year, @kchasm and @skapokon for their contributions to Ryu Numbers writ large, and anyone else who's cared enough to send in a correction or update. To the extent that this blog has been anything more than some nerd posting about trivia, it's only been possible because of people like you.

Just a warm, friendly visit from a friendly friend!

a few bonus things under the cut - stuff I didn't end up putting in the comic but which I had too much fun drawing to leave completely out.