#and catnip for gods

[grumpyhedgehogs]

can't get a post-ragnarok semi-crack fic idea outta my head like--

The serious bit: Atreus leaves to fulfill/make his destiny, find the giants and explore new worlds...but he keeps coming back for visits, of course! And every time he does, there's something changed. Kratos, Freya and Mimir have beaten the berserkers and cleaned up the remains of Asgard. they've beaten Gna. Kratos is as calm as ever, but his father has a new sense of purpose Atreus can't quite reconcile or put his finger on.

Kratos has begun to be renowned in the Norse world. the true all-father, the man who lead the united forces of ragnarok to defeat the scheming odin. the god who spared when he could have smote. the god who looks after sons and daughters and wives and husbands, who stays the hand that would harm the wounded for the sake of harming them. people begin to build alters to the god of war, who knows mercy as well as he knows violence. they leave offerings. they pray in his name. they look for his guidance before they look for his wrath.

Atreus is so, so proud of his father. Kratos tells him there are ways to live on after death, even--or especially--for a god. To make memories and impart lessons that those who outlive you look back on fondly is to be immortal in the one way that truly matters.

the funny bit: Atreus also realizes that his father is a god-magnet. no matter how far he travels, word of the ghost of Sparta precedes him. now, though, there's talk of the new god of war in the Norse lands, who is making a big splash. the remains of Greece have been rebuilding and, hearing the tales of this new god, have surprisingly set out to treat with the norsemen who follow a god so strangely familiar to their own. even gods from lands to the far east and west know of Kratos. now, though, there is a mix of old fear and new awe when Atreus reveals their relation to other gods. they...kinda want to meet this god.

cue Atreus leaving different lands to visit home only to find more and more gods taking tea with Freya in his father's newly grown garden, speaking with Mimir about philosophy in his father's warm, fire lit kitchen, watching on the sidelines as Kratos wields his ax to...just chop firewood. these gods are invading their home, taking up space and his father's precious time! they vie for his attention like lovesick puppies, trying to gain the wisdom--and perhaps...favor?--of Kratos. This, of course, is unacceptable. Nobody but Atreus seems to think so, though...

TLDR: Kratos is a god-magnet post-ragnarok, visiting gods are smitten, and Atreus must protect his father's honor!

[enigmaticagentalice]

please Bioware just give me any indication in Veilguard that Varric and Cassandra are still friends and in regular contact, I am on my knees, one single crumb is all I need to sustain me

[neversetyoufree]

Sometimes I do feel almost overwhelmed with how much I like VnC. It's so magic that there happens to be a series out there filled to the brim with the exact sorts characters, story beats, and themes that I love most, and it happens to be constructed in exactly the way that I find most satisfying to write about and examine and dwell within.

[airlocksandaviaries]

you have GOT to be kidding me

[lotstradamus]

any old Hannibal fans/current IWTV fans who are suffering in exactly the same way as me: reading The Lives of the Mayfair Witches to prepare for the crossover novels and having elaborate AU fantasies about Will Graham, NEW ORLEANS-born weirdo who NEVER KNEW HIS MOTHER who suffers from what are arguably PSYCHIC VISIONS??????

Will Graham is a tenfold Mayfair offshoot who can see The Man

DOES ANYONE UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. DOES ANYONE SEE THE VISION

[wafflepopbeerus]

Tried catnip

[severalmoremutants]

I listened to the entirety of epic: the musical yesterday for the first time and ever since I have been in a perpetual state of no thoughts, head empty, only ✨✨penelope whyyyyyy you know im too shyyy✨✨

[turnipoddity]

Accidentally suggested a community label for your heartbeat comic because my Wifi failed and I was tapping the screen so furiously to get it back……

maybe there should be a community label of “catnip for gays”

WHAT AKSJSKAK

[wu-does-art]

au where mike narrowly escapes the upsidedown while on patrol and gets an obscure curse to be a catboy for a month. this is amusing to everyone but mike.

[possamble]

realizing im kind of a weirdo about laios and marcille

[butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway]

Local parent visits child and comments on the shyness of one of the cats in the household, child decides not to mention that said cat has literally never met a human she didn't try to climb like a cat tree while headbutting them for attention, more at 11

[queerofthedagger]

people keep telling me that it's incredibly in character and on brand that I'm getting this unhinged over tolkien and yeah yeah that's true i'm aware but also i just. someone could have warned me before the fact. this is going to take over my life for years at this point. every day i keep reading more source material and more fic and every day i get worse and add blorbos and ships to my little Shelf Of Insanity while screaming into a damn paper bag as if my entire wip file isn't wailing in the background. which is to say are people aware i'm going to make it their problem. like. you could have helped and now here we are

[lastflowerofyourhouse]

you ever just sit there and rotate the fact that harrowhark. harrowhark nonagesimus, the 4'6" mentally ill lesbian nunlet who is throwing up on the floor and bleeding from one ear and has not bathed properly in like a month. the scraggly girl in the fucked up facepaint with a nasty sense of humor and pockets full of dubiously sourced teeth. stole God's ex. she stole God's ex. God's ex took one fucking look at her and was like is anyone going to kiss this girl and pledge their sword and undying fealty to her and then didn't wait for an answer. annabel lee resonated with both her and God because they were literally thinking about the same girl. what the fuck.

[readwing]

From what I've seen so far, Roddy Ho has one fan. It me

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

not to out myself on main but Katsuki Bakugo continues to make me fucking insane

[theeminentlyimpractical]

can’t believe I worked today and missed reacting to michael sheen being unhinged about mortality in real time with the rest of you freaks.