Character Relationship Map: Count Me Out

Characters

• Yrsa (played by Freydís Kristófersdóttir) — supporting

  Yrsa is the story’s central character, a girl who feels hurt and overlooked when she is sent away while her brother visits their father. She goes with her friend to find her father, Hilmar, and discov...

• Hilmar (played by Ingvar E. Sigurðsson) — supporting

  Hilmar is Yrsa’s father and Didda’s father. He gives the girls a ride to the address Yrsa provides, where she enters his home and discovers her half-sister and the household they share. When Didda dis...

• Didda (played by Bryndís Sæunn S. Gunnlaugsdóttir) — supporting

  Didda is Yrsa’s little half-sister, living with their father, Hilmar. The girls find her when they visit his home, and later return after realizing she has been left alone and needs care. They comfort...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Hilmar → Didda (Family Father And Daughter) — Hilmar's distress over Didda's disappearance becomes a source of pain for Yrsa, who believes he wants to see Didda rather than her.

  Hilmar returns to the home Didda shares with him, and he is distraught when she disappears. The plot identifies Didda as Yrsa's half-sister through th...

• Yrsa → Didda (Family Half-Sisters) — After finding Didda alone and distressed, Yrsa and her friend return to comfort her and try to get her nappies and food.

  At Hilmar's home, Yrsa discovers that Didda is her half-sister.

• Hilmar → Yrsa (Family Father And Daughter) — Yrsa longs for Hilmar to acknowledge her, but their reunion is tense; she feels he is focused only on Didda.

  Yrsa asks why she cannot see her own father, and Hilmar gives the girls a ride to the address she provides. The plot identifies him as her father.

Story Analysis

Yrsa's longing for recognition from her father intertwines with her and her friend's effort to care for Didda and decide what to do next.

Plot Progression

1. A Birthday Interrupted — Yrsa is hurt when she is expected to leave as her friend's birthday party begins. She questions why her brother can visit his father while she cannot see her own.
2. The Search in Breidholt — After being allowed to stay, Yrsa tries to join the party but remains focused on her family. She and her friend search for a woman they believe may help, and their route leads them toward an address i...
3. A Sister at the Door — Hilmar drives the girls to the address Yrsa gives him, and Yrsa enters his home insisting she has a right to be there. She discovers Didda, her half-sister, and the household her father shares with th...
4. The Missing Child and the Choice — After leaving Didda alone, the girls return when they realize she needs care and try to comfort her. A public appeal and the misunderstanding that the girls have kidnapped her intensify the situation,...