User blog comment:Zathronas/Analysis by an author-Hiatus Edition: Nora Valkyrie/@comment-24994749-20141122033505

I'm going to disagree with you on her relationship with Ren. {If when their mini-arc comes, hopefully with that visit to the out-of-kingdom village, I'm proven wrong, so be it} I think they are siblings in all but blood.

I know one of the strongest arguments against her really meaning it when she denies being "together-together" (or wanting to) is her blush, but, she showed she is capable of slowing down and giving people insightful advise (like she did with Pyrrha) I started to see Nora's personality another way. So follow me a little:

Some people (like myself, and I think this is what Nora does to) take an attitude towards life of laughing it off because they conclude that worrying/grieving/getting angry/hating only make yourself sick and tend to make the overall situation worse. To put it in universe:

"Hordes of creatures of darkness with the sole purpose to slaughter me and the world?" *Let's ride that shit.*

"Successfully recovering this piece determines wherever me and my partner will be allowed to attend this school." *Let's dance and sing to it.*

"We are standing on a falling bridge over the abyss, on the other side there is a giant monster and fellow strangers fighting for their lives." *Let's catapult ourselves to the other side and hammer the monster since I'm about it.*

"My friends dragged me to the library and I'm bored?" *Bruh, I'm just going to soundly sleep over somebody's else book and when I wake up to someone's else romance drama I'm gonna drop witty comments.*

"A dude who has shared a dorm with me and my best friend for over half a year thinks we are dating? Also, was supposed not to be listening to the conversation?" *Blush and laugh uncomfortably.*

"The monsters of darkness are overriding the town like it was supposed not to ever happen because otherwise humanity would be doomed?" *Allow me to fly over the sky on my giant hammer, one hit kill a giant snake and then play cricket with them.*