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Notes:
(1) This ended with two super low-key issues. Not the shock reveal or action that I've become accustomed to.
- I understand that these are rife with subtext and subtleties and blah blah blah, but I really don't care.
- If what happens here isn't clear and doesn't pay off until later installments, even if I really like it in retrospect, it doesn't help my opinion now.

Notes:
(1) The middle two issues are very modern art.
- #36 features 65 panels each depicting a scene from every single Recurrence event, from 3862BC to 2014AD.
- #37 features 90 straight black panels, each captioned with a date.
- It's monotonous and seemingly interminable, but that's the whole point. You're meant to feel both the scope of history and irritable impatience.

Notes:
(1) The first issue (#34) doesn't make too much sense until you read the next one, then it improves significantly in retrospect.
- Frankly, the best part is when the two lesser Norns discuss which member of Destiny's Child they each are: Kelly or "the other one."
(2) Issue #35 gets back to what you'd expect.
- Manipulations, double-crosses and hidden things revealed.

Notes:
(1) Previously, I've described this series as alternating between arcs that move the plot forward and arcs that tread water. I'm guessing this will be the latter.
- Just from the issue covers, it seems like this will look at past Recurrence cycles, at minimum through flashbacks.
- With everything already more-or-less revealed, I expect a lot of padding until the end.

i literally just reread the previous six volumes but i lowkey don’t understand the information that is being conveyed

Okay I feel like they’re trying to give me answers but I’m just so confused 😂 art as always is so good.

I am finally, FINALLY going to finish wicdiv. I have forgotten a lot (skimmed the previous two volumes to refresh) but think I’m misty okay now. And sheesh, people are keeping secrets! Interesting to see their other sides.

“Thinking about ‘growing up’ makes me think there’s an opposite. People usually use ‘evolution’ to mean ‘growth’ or ‘improvement.’ It’s got no implication of growth. It’s just change, in response to the environment. To think otherwise is based on the chain of being idea with us at the top and everything else beneath us. Change is just change. It’s neither good nor bad. It simply is.”