Oh, I don't think he should have been able to grab Skuld's hammer after
being hit in the foot either.

We had a bit of discussion about that on the prereaders' list.
The consensus finally boiled down to, if she's a thirteen year old,
then she's a thirteen year old, and a mature metahuman adult male
should be able to wrestle the hammer from her.  To best of our
knowledge, Skuld's never been shown (in the range of source material
we're using as our reference base) to have more than normal human
strength for her size and age, nor has the hammer been shown to
have the kind of enchantment on it that would prevent others from
taking it from her (like, say, Mjollnir).

Yes, Doug is larger and stronger than Skuld, and therefore capable of 
taking away her hammer. However, it seems odd that nobody reacts to it in 
any visible way. I cannot see Skuld not reacting when a rude stranger 
grabs her hammer. Also, unless Doug manages to grab it before Skuld 
realises what is going on, there probably would have been a short 
wrestling match, which probably would have caused the other two norns to 
react.

Also, Doug grabbing the hammer doesn't seem to have any significance in 
the scene. Is it necessary for the scene to work?

- Jussi Nikander

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