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* UnspokenRetort:
** Demeter and Persephone are having an argument about attending Artemis's ascension as a goddess, with Persephone wanting to attend her party. Demeter at multiple points in the argument refers to it as "pointless frivolities", promoting such unspoken sarcasms from her daughter as, "Well, when she puts it like that...", And, "'Pointless frivolity'."
** Hades is wandering around invisible, trying to find a trap he knows Zeus left for Persephone as part of his ill-advised but "well-meaning " attempt to play wingman to his brother. He finds Persephone looking over a chariot with a Pegasus harnessed to it. He wants to warn Persephone, but doesn't want her to know he's there, so he keeps mentally responding to her assessments of the chariot with such unspoken retorts as, "Because it's obviously a trap!"

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* BerserkButton: Charon does ''not'' like being compared to mortals.

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* BerserkButton: Charon does ''not'' like being compared to mortals.mortals, or at least to Oedipus.


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* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: Many of the Greek gods in sexual relationships are no longer relatives, Hades and Demeter are never referred to as siblings or Persephone as his niece for instance. Though it seems the mortals in the comic believe the same myths as in the real world since Oedipus' shade asks Charon why incest is a crime for mortals when the gods supposedly do it so often.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Persephone seems to think the vow of chastity that Artemis took and which her mortal priestesses follow is because she's only interested in girls.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: Persephone seems to think the vow of chastity that Artemis took and which her mortal priestesses follow is because she's only interested in girls. Artemis strongly hints this is the case, and she's shown acting suggestively around her female followers.



* Catch22Dilemma: According to Demeter any man, who doesn't "go through proper channels" and asks Demeter for Persephone's hand in marriage, doesn't deserve her. However she rejects anyone who does so.

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* Catch22Dilemma: According to Demeter Demeter, any man, man who doesn't "go through proper channels" and asks Demeter for Persephone's hand in marriage, doesn't deserve her. However she rejects anyone who does so.
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* Catch22Dilemma: According to Demeter any man, who doesn't "go through proper channels" and asks Demeter for Persephone's hand in marriage, doesn't deserve her. However she rejects anyone who does so.
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* DramaticIrony: Demeter says if the god Persephone has a crush on was worthy of her he'd propose to her officially. Right at the same time Hades is walking towards their house with the intention to do exactly that.
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* AnalogyBackfire: Demeter says Persephone should be more like Artemis, whom she cites as someone who works hard and doesn't waste time on men. Persephone, however, thinks to herself that Artemis ''chose'' who she wanted to be and she prefers women anyway, so she's more "working hard to achieve her dreams" rather than "sacrificing personal desires for the greater good".
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* EarthyBarefootCharacter: Persephone is always barefoot and combines this with FertileFeet, being the goddess of spring.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Persephone notes that Hades doesn’t have a beard (unlike his brothers and statues of himself), she cheekily asks if anywhere else on him is shaved. He then offers to show her… his armpits.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: One of Persphone's gripes about how she and her mother are worshipped is that her name is virtually unknown in contrast to Demeter's; she brings up that mortals consistenly refer to her as "Lady Kore" and complains it's equivalent to being called "Lady Girl".

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* AccidentalMisnaming: One of Persphone's gripes about how she and her mother are worshipped is that her name is virtually unknown in contrast to Demeter's; she brings up that mortals consistenly consistently refer to her as "Lady Kore" and complains it's equivalent to being called "Lady Girl".



* GenderBender: When we first see Charon, he is an older man with a thick beard. After he returns to his human-esq shape after scolding Oedipus, he is noticeably more feminine. Charon then threatens Oedipus if he tells anyone about their alternate forms.

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* GenderBender: When we first see Charon, he is an older man with a thick beard. After he returns to his human-esq human-esque shape after scolding Oedipus, he is noticeably more feminine. Charon then threatens Oedipus if he tells anyone about their alternate forms.
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* MythologyGag: Vlad and Elly of Linda's other work, ''Webcomic/BloodStain'', get a cameo appearance as one of the many souls in the underworld in [[https://twitter.com/LindaSejic/status/1351490208085237763/photo/1 this panel]].

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* AbusiveParents: Demeter's portrayal in this comic moves her from overprotective to downright abusive. She refuses to listen to any of Persephone's woes, and when she actually does listen for once, she acts like the victim.

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* AbusiveParents: Demeter's portrayal in this comic moves her from overprotective to downright borderline abusive. She refuses to listen to any of Persephone's woes, and when she actually does listen for once, she acts like the victim.victim.
* AccidentalMisnaming: One of Persphone's gripes about how she and her mother are worshipped is that her name is virtually unknown in contrast to Demeter's; she brings up that mortals consistenly refer to her as "Lady Kore" and complains it's equivalent to being called "Lady Girl".


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* ExpressiveHair: Demeter and Persephone, being nature goddesses, grow different types of plants in their hair depending on their emotional state (for instance, flowers normally, or thorns when upset).


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* PinocchioNose: Persephone has difficulty controlling the flowers which grow in her hair because they're tied to her emotional state and she's been kept so sheltered. The flowers fully blooming is a sign of romantic interest, and when Demeter sees this, she instantly recognizes it.
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* ReusedCharacterDesign: Persephone's and Hades's character designs [[https://www.deviantart.com/sigeel/art/768336392 were originally]] Myth/GreekMythology AlternateUniverse counterparts to Elly and Vlad of ''Webcomic/BloodStain''.
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* GenderBender: When we first see Charon, he is an older man with a thick beard. After he returns to his human-esq shape after scolding Oedipus, he is noticeably more feminine.

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* GenderBender: When we first see Charon, he is an older man with a thick beard. After he returns to his human-esq shape after scolding Oedipus, he is noticeably more feminine. Charon then threatens Oedipus if he tells anyone about their alternate forms.



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--> '''Hades''': If you want to avoid Tarturas and instead get back to your mortal life outside you will have to fill these forms correctly. I have found about 30 typos specifically in the sections Alpha 437 to Delta 304. Your name was signed incorrectly twice, oh and... did I mention this? Ancient Greek 2.0 is no longer valid language in this domain. You will have to take a course to learn the version 3, as there are quite a few terms that changed.

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--> '''Hades''': If you want to avoid Tarturas Tartarus and instead get back to your mortal life outside you will have to fill these forms correctly. I have found about 30 typos specifically in the sections Alpha 437 to Delta 304. Your name was signed incorrectly twice, oh and... did I mention this? Ancient Greek 2.0 is no longer a valid language in this domain. You will have to take a course to learn the version 3, as there are quite a few terms that changed.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: To ''Webcomic/LoreOlympus''. Both are comics featured Webtoons that retell the Taking of Persephone myth and both utilize copious amounts of PoliticallyCorrectHistory. However, ''Lore Olympus'' is a modern revision of the tale that plays it fast and loose with the characterizations of the Greek pantheon while ''Punderworld'' is more TruerToTheText, maintaining the Olympians' traditional aesthetics and keeping the traits of the pantheon relatively closer to their original depictions.

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* SpiritualAntithesis: To ''Webcomic/LoreOlympus''. Both are comics featured Webtoons that retell the Taking of Persephone myth as a fully consensual romance between a Hades who is depicted as an awkward and both utilize copious amounts somewhat dorky nice guy and a Persephone who chafes to be free of PoliticallyCorrectHistory. her overprotective mother's restrictive control. However, ''Lore Olympus'' is a modern revision updates the realm of the tale that plays it fast gods into a modern-day setting and loose with freely reinterprets the characterizations personalities of the Greek pantheon various mythological figures, while ''Punderworld'' is maintains the classical setting and mostly depicts the gods and other major figures more TruerToTheText, maintaining the Olympians' traditional aesthetics and keeping the traits of the pantheon relatively closer to their original depictions.in line with popular interpretations.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: To ''Webcomic/LoreOlympus''. Both are comics featured Webtoons that retell the Taking of Persephone myth and both utilize copious amounts of PoliticallyCorrectHistory. However, ''Lore Olympus'' is a modern revision of the tale that plays it fast and loose with the characterizations of the Greek pantheon while ''Punderworld'' is more TruerToText, maintaining the Olympians' traditional aesthetics and keeping the traits of the pantheon relatively closer to their original depictions.

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* SpiritualAntithesis: To ''Webcomic/LoreOlympus''. Both are comics featured Webtoons that retell the Taking of Persephone myth and both utilize copious amounts of PoliticallyCorrectHistory. However, ''Lore Olympus'' is a modern revision of the tale that plays it fast and loose with the characterizations of the Greek pantheon while ''Punderworld'' is more TruerToText, TruerToTheText, maintaining the Olympians' traditional aesthetics and keeping the traits of the pantheon relatively closer to their original depictions.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: To ''Webcomic/LoreOlympus''. Both are comics featured Webtoons that retell the Taking of Persephone myth and both utilize copious amounts of PoliticallyCorrectHistory. However, ''Lore Olympus'' is a modern revision of the tale that plays it fast and loose with the characterizations of the Greek pantheon while ''Punderworld'' is more TruerToText, maintaining the Olympians' traditional aesthetics and keeping the traits of the pantheon relatively closer to their original depictions.
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"Rape of Persephone" uses the archaic meaning: to carry off by force (ie abduction), not necessarily sexual assault


* AdaptationalConsent: In Myth/ClassicalMythology, Hades ''kidnapped'' Persephone and essentially forced her to marry him against her will. The story is even called ''The Rape of Persephone.'' Here it is pretty clear that the relationship is way more consensual, Persephone finding every reason to return to the Underworld or stall for time leaving it.

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* AdaptationalConsent: In Myth/ClassicalMythology, some retellings of the myth, Hades ''kidnapped'' Persephone and essentially forced her to marry him against her will. The story is even called ''The Rape of Persephone.'' Here it is pretty clear that the relationship is way more consensual, Persephone finding every reason to return to the Underworld or stall for time leaving it.
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* BerserkButton: Charon does ''not'' being compared to mortals.

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* BerserkButton: Charon does ''not'' like being compared to mortals.
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* BerserkButton: Charon does ''not'' being compared to mortals.


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* GenderBender: When we first see Charon, he is an older man with a thick beard. After he returns to his human-esq shape after scolding Oedipus, he is noticeably more feminine.


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* NotSoSimilar: When Oedipus asks why humans are socially and divinely penalized for incest when the Gods do it all the time, Charon rather angrily points out that humans are nothing more than meager flesh-creatures while the gods are "pure energy given form" that are "beyond [his] narrow-minded comprehension."
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* FlowerInHerHair: Both Demeter and Persephone have various plants in their hair, what specific plant and their general health depending on their mood.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Hades is a Chthonian god who stands out among the rest of his godly kin because he dresses in black and has [[HornsOfVillainy horns on his head reminiscent of a crown]], but Hades takes his job in sorting through mortal souls very seriously and respects Zeus's authority.

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* DarkIsNotEvil: Hades is a Chthonian god who stands out among the rest of his godly kin because he dresses in black and has [[HornsOfVillainy a crown that looks like horns on coming out of his head reminiscent of a crown]], head]], but Hades takes his job in sorting through mortal souls very seriously and respects Zeus's authority.
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* AbusiveParents: Demeter's portrayal in this comic moves her from overprotective to downright abusive. She refuses to listen to any of Persephone's woes, and when she actually does listen for once, she acts like the victim.
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* CoolBigBro: Zeus certainly acts the part, even though he's Hades' younger brother.
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''Punderworld'' is a webcomic by Croatian comics artist Linda Luksic Sejic ''Webcomic/BloodStain'' fame. Set in the era of Antiquity, it tells the tale of how Hades met Persephone and they fell in love.

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''Punderworld'' is a webcomic by Croatian comics artist Linda Luksic Sejic of ''Webcomic/BloodStain'' fame. Set in the era of Antiquity, it tells the tale of how Hades met Persephone and they fell in love.
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Stjepan Sejic worked on Witchblade and Sunstone, not Linda (his wife).


''Punderworld'' is a webcomic by Croatian comics artist Creator/LindaLuksicSejic (''ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}'', ''Webcomic/{{Sunstone}}'', etc). Set in the era of Antiquity, it tells the tale of how Hades met Persephone and how they fell in love.

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''Punderworld'' is a webcomic by Croatian comics artist Creator/LindaLuksicSejic (''ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}'', ''Webcomic/{{Sunstone}}'', etc). Linda Luksic Sejic ''Webcomic/BloodStain'' fame. Set in the era of Antiquity, it tells the tale of how Hades met Persephone and how they fell in love.



* AmbiguouslyGay: Persephone seems to think that Artemis took a vow of chastity that her mortal priestesses practice is because she is only interested in girls.
* AnimalMotif: Hera to peacocks. Her clothes are done to evoke peacock imagery and [[ChariotPulledByCats she rides a chariot driven by two giant peacocks.]]

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* AmbiguouslyGay: Persephone seems to think that Artemis took a the vow of chastity that Artemis took and which her mortal priestesses practice follow is because she is she's only interested in girls.
* AnimalMotif: Hera to peacocks. Her clothes are done to evoke peacock imagery and [[ChariotPulledByCats she rides a chariot driven by two giant peacocks.]]peacocks]].



* DaddysGirl: When Artemis is officially inducted into the pantheon with her first temple, the party Zeus throws was done with the idea that she would be treated like a Queen for a day,
* DarkIsNotEvil: Hades is a chthonian god who stands out among the rest of his godly kin because he dresses black and has [[HornsOfVillainy horns on his head reminiscent of a crown]], but Hades takes his job in sorting through mortal souls very seriously and respects Zeus' authority.

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* DaddysGirl: When Artemis is officially inducted into the pantheon with her first temple, the party Zeus throws was done with the idea that she would be treated like a Queen queen for a day,
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Hades is a chthonian Chthonian god who stands out among the rest of his godly kin because he dresses in black and has [[HornsOfVillainy horns on his head reminiscent of a crown]], but Hades takes his job in sorting through mortal souls very seriously and respects Zeus' Zeus's authority.
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* CoolCrown: Those aren't horns on Hades' head. That's his crown that grants him the power of {{Invisibility}}.
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* FlowerInHerHair: Both Demeter and Persephone have various plants in their hair, what specific plant and their general health depending on their mood.


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* MyBelovedSmother: A given when Demeter is in your story. She is portrayed as a ControlFreak who believes that she and Persephone, as Earth goddesses, are above attending parties with "lesser gods" and should not waste their valuable time on "idle frivolities." Since the only festival they ever go to (Thesmophoria) is for women only, it is implied that she does this to keep her away from boys.
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''Punderworld'' is a webcomic by Croatian comics artist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stjepan_Sejic Stjepan Šejić]] (''ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}'', ''Webcomic/{{Sunstone}}'', etc). Set in the era of Antiquity, it tells the tale of how Hades met Persephone and how they fell in love.

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''Punderworld'' is a webcomic by Croatian comics artist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stjepan_Sejic Stjepan Šejić]] Creator/LindaLuksicSejic (''ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}'', ''Webcomic/{{Sunstone}}'', etc). Set in the era of Antiquity, it tells the tale of how Hades met Persephone and how they fell in love.
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''Punderworld'' is a webcomic by Croatian comics artist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stjepan_Sejic Stjepan Šejić]] (''ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}'', ''Webcomic/{{Sunstone}}'', etc). Set in the era of Antiquity, it tells the tale of how Hades met Persephone and how they fell in love.

Can be read on Website/TapasMedia [[https://tapas.io/episode/1461785 here]], Website/{{Webtoons}} [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/punderworld/list?title_no=312584 here]], Website/DeviantArt [[https://www.deviantart.com/sigeel/gallery/67434166/punderworld here]] and on Sigeel's Website/{{Tumblr}} [[https://sigeel.tumblr.com/ here]].

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!!This webcomic provides examples of the following tropes:

* AdaptationalConsent: In Myth/ClassicalMythology, Hades ''kidnapped'' Persephone and essentially forced her to marry him against her will. The story is even called ''The Rape of Persephone.'' Here it is pretty clear that the relationship is way more consensual, Persephone finding every reason to return to the Underworld or stall for time leaving it.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Persephone seems to think that Artemis took a vow of chastity that her mortal priestesses practice is because she is only interested in girls.
* AnimalMotif: Hera to peacocks. Her clothes are done to evoke peacock imagery and [[ChariotPulledByCats she rides a chariot driven by two giant peacocks.]]
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Zeus is portrayed as a wannabe wingman who is a little too interested that his brother Hades is finally pursuing a relationship.
* DaddysGirl: When Artemis is officially inducted into the pantheon with her first temple, the party Zeus throws was done with the idea that she would be treated like a Queen for a day,
* DarkIsNotEvil: Hades is a chthonian god who stands out among the rest of his godly kin because he dresses black and has [[HornsOfVillainy horns on his head reminiscent of a crown]], but Hades takes his job in sorting through mortal souls very seriously and respects Zeus' authority.
* TheGlomp: Persephone does this to Hades in "[[https://www.deviantart.com/sigeel/art/punderworld-Impatient-774076290 Impatient]]".
* GoodStepmother: While Hera was obviously pissed when she found out about Artemis, it is implied that the two eventually reconciled in some manner, even allowing Artemis to join the Olympians without complaint. Then again, it was [[UnreliableNarrator Zeus]] who explained it, so it probably isn't so simple.
* {{Invisibility}}: Hades is shown to have this ability, becoming invisible when Zeus because too pushy about his crush for his liking.
* LoopholeAbuse: In "[[https://www.deviantart.com/sigeel/art/death-by-paperwork-815736433 death by paperwork]]", Persephone recommends dumping Theseus and Pirithous in Tartarus for trying to kidnap her. Since there are protocols for admissions to Tartarus, Hades has them fill out a mountain of paperwork instead. Persephone could not help but be impressed.
--> '''Hades''': If you want to avoid Tarturas and instead get back to your mortal life outside you will have to fill these forms correctly. I have found about 30 typos specifically in the sections Alpha 437 to Delta 304. Your name was signed incorrectly twice, oh and... did I mention this? Ancient Greek 2.0 is no longer valid language in this domain. You will have to take a course to learn the version 3, as there are quite a few terms that changed.
--> '''Persephone''': Wow... some punishments truly are [[FateWorseThanDeath worse than Tartarus]].
--> '''Hades''': Thank you, dear. I do my best.
* NightmareFetishist: Implied in Persephone's case in "[[https://www.deviantart.com/sigeel/art/punderworld-first-date-782401819 first date]]". Since lush meadows and waterfalls are already her domain, she is less than impressed when Hades tries to show her Elysium, instead finding interest in the more lava-cave areas of the underworld.
* SacredHospitality: Zeus invokes the Rules of Xenia - the idea that a host will offer food and care to a guest if the guest does not act like a burden - to get Hades to stop bothering him with work in the middle of the party.
* {{Workaholic}}: Zeus implies that Hades barely ever leaves the Underworld, and when he does it is purely for work reasons. Zeus has to invoke the [[SacredHospitality Rules of Xenia]] to make him stop and jumps at the chance to talk about girls.

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