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[threi]

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[mangamithedragon]

Magni and Modi, sons of Thor (God of War 2018)

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[apocalypticwafflekitten]

I Have Thoughts and Feelings About Magni from God Of War 2018 (+ A Blurb!)

Now hear me out: I doubt this was intentional, but I think I’ve connected some dots (You haven’t connected shit) I’ve connected them:

Exhibit A:

This is the conversation in Niflheim, in the latter half of Ragnarök, where Sif is trying to show Thor what Odin has done to their family in the past few years. She focuses on the memory of Magni and Modi as kids and, most important for this analysis, the memory of carving wooden horses for their boys while telling stories by the fire.

Exhibit B:

Flashback to gow 2018 for a second and look at Magni’s armor.

When I look at that second link or segment of the metalwork in Magni’s belt, it looks like there are horse heads worked into the design of his armor.

Now this could be totally coincidental (and realistically, it probably is), but where’s the fun in that?

This got a lot longer than I intended, so I’m putting a cut here!

This gives me so many ideas and raises so many questions, my head is reeling.

Also, I don’t mean to say that this is a definitive connection, or that any of what I’m about to ramble off is canon. This is just exploring the potential of an idea I had when I remembered the wooden horse story from Ragnarök. This whole post/analysis thing is based around the idea that the horses were intentionally designed into Magni’s armor as a nod to the carved horses from Magni and Modi’s childhood. Of course the horses could be a reference to something else, or the may be nothing at all. But I find it very endearing that the horses in Magni’s armor could be a little symbolic link to the wooden horses and I want to explore that idea.

Now, if horses are worked into the design of Magni’s armor, assuming it’s not just a thing the armourer decided to throw in, then I have to wonder who asked for the horses to be worked into the design and why?

I’m assuming that this armor was made specifically for Magni, maybe as some sort of graduation into adulthood or something similar (idk, bear with me here). And I want to consider the, I guess, implications of different people asking for the design. Specifically those that I think would have had the most impact on the armor’s design: Sif, Thor, and Magni.

I think Sif and Thor would have similar intentions: I can imagine both of them wanting to remind Magni of a better time in their lives, before Odin started sending the boys out to do his bidding, before the constant competition between him and Modi. Maybe it’s a reminder of home or something like that. I can imagine them coming to the armorer together with designs drawn up.

There could also be a little character dimension here for Thor and Sif. This reaches well beyond textual evidence, but this entire analysis is based on two screen caps and blind hope, so I think it’s okay. I think requesting the horse design could be a way for Sif and Thor to show Magni that regardless of their drinking, and despite Thor’s physical abuse, they still remember what life was like before everything went to shit. Maybe it’s a subtle way of showing that they still care? That’s not to excuse Thor and Sif’s actions or parenting. I just think there could be some dimension there.

Given what we hear from the game though, I don’t know how likely this is. From my understanding, Sif and Thor were drinking, neglecting, and abusing their sons since their early childhood. Maybe they had some moments of clarity in there, and maybe they would pull together and look like a functional family for special events, but, again, there’s not enough information in the game to give concrete answers, so it’s up to personal headcanon.

And finally, if Magni was the one to request horses designed into his armor, there’s a lot we could speculate about his childhood and motivations. (Here is where I really start rambling. The speculation is off the charts) I’m running with the idea that the horses in Magni’s armor work as a sort of symbolic tie to his childhood. This could indicate a number of things about Magni and the kind of person he is deep down beneath all the bullshit he’s been taught.

If the little wooden horses mean so much to Magni that he has them shaped into the metalwork of his armor, then I wonder what Magni’s relationship with his childhood is like. Perhaps Magni is, deep down, a very sentimental person. Maybe he misses how things were when he was little, listening to stories by the fire, playing with the wooden horses his parents carved.

I really like this theory by @charalysis that suggests Magni was parentified as a kid and ended up raising Modi. I’ve thought about that a lot while writing this, and it makes me wonder if Magni is sort of emotionally drawn to those few happy memories from his childhood. Maybe Magni laments his lost childhood/adolescence and basically clings to whatever semblance of a childhood he had.

Maybe, in the face of his upbringing and Thor’s abuse, Magni is grasping at any happy memories he can muster as a sort of comfort. Maybe, wayyyy deep down, he has this stubborn hope that things can get better - that one day his family can go back to sitting by the fire, telling stories and carving horses. It wouldn’t be the same of course (and given what we know of Sif and Thor before their sons’ canonical deaths, it’s extremely unlikely), but maybe it’s a hope that’s more for Magni than his family. Maybe it’s something he has to hold onto to because if he didn’t he’d fall apart. So he keep fighting with this bull-headed optimism that things can change for the better.

I don’t know. I’m just rambling at this point, but I have so many thoughts.

Yes, I know I’m reading way too far into this. There’s so much speculation and the little horse design probably doesn’t hold this much weight, but I enjoy considering the possibilities of little details like this. That and we don’t know much about Magni outside of his physical strength and dysfunctional family, so I’ve indulged a bit here and played with this idea!

Thank you for coming to my Ted-Talk! Feel free to add your thoughts as well!

The screenshot of Sif’s conversation with Thor is from this video from BabyZone on YouTube

I wouldn’t have noticed the horse detail in Magni’s armor if I hadn’t been respectfully ogling @remoryu’s screencaps of Magni in the boss fight!

The beautiful dividers below are made by @cafekitsune!

And a huge thanks to @insane-brit for convincing me that this was worth posting!

This idea inspired me, so have a little Magni x Reader blurb! I don’t know when this is set exactly. Magni lives and it’s probably a little after the events of GOW 2018.

“Are those horses? On your belt?” You ask, watching as Magni unties the belt’s worn leather ties.

“Interested in my belt hmm? Why are you looking there?” He replies with a mischievous smirk and a glint in his eye.

“Oh hush. That’s not where my mind is and you know it.” You laugh, reaching for his belt after he set it on the bed beside you. “Are they horses though? In the metalwork?”

He smiles at you and sits beside you. He reaches across your lap to hold the belt with you, tracing his hand along the glinting patterns.

“Yes. When the armor was designed, I asked the armourer to include horses somewhere in the metalwork. I didn’t really care where, I just wanted horses in there. I wanted them as a reminder of when I was a kid. Before Odin started sending Modi and I to do his bidding.” There’s a distant look in Magni’s eyes, and his shoulders droop as he lets out a long, slow breath. “Mother and Father used to tell us stories around the fire while they carved wooden horses for us. Modi would always listen with rapt attention. I cared more for playing pretend with the horses. We used to fall asleep by the hearth and wake up the next morning, snug in our beds. I still remember the warmth of the hearth’s stones and how it felt to lay on them and drift off to sleep. Things were better then.”

“What happened?” You ask, shifting your gaze to look at Magni.

“Modi and I were raised as warriors. Even as kids we were pitted against one another in a bid to win our father’s and grandfather’s approval. But nothing good ever came of it. Odin was never impressed regardless of how many monsters we killed or jobs we finished. And Father,” Magni took a deep breath, “Father was too drunk to notice unless we did something wrong. And even when we did everything right, he’d take his anger out on us. Still would, I’m sure.” Magni pauses, taking a moment to trace the little horses, noticing the way you watched his fingers move across the teal metal, “I wear the horses because I want to carry those memories with me. I want to remember how mother and father used to be before it all went to shit. I want to believe things can be better again. Even at my very worst, all I had to do was remember those horses and I could remember what I was fighting for.“

“You think your parents can learn to be better?” You ask, running your thumb along the metalwork.

“I’d like to believe they can. With the right pressure.” Magni runs his fingers over the back of your hand, letting himself calm at the feeling of your warmth. “But I can’t carry that burden. I have to find my own way to be better.”

You sit there for a moment, feeling the weight of Magni’s words and enjoying the feeling of him tracing the back of your hand.

“Tell me some of the stories? The ones your parents told you?”

Magni meets your eye with a confused look; one that slowly melts into something warm and loving.

“I could do that, yes. Later though. I can tell you all the stories of my childhood after we eat. Let’s go make some dinner.”

You nod, setting Magni’s belt aside and taking his outstretched hand.

[moka-creates]

I liiiiiveeee. Kind of got tired of the fandom for a bit, but I'm back babeyyyy

Just sharing some server shenanigans. Magni would be that chill hiking, camping fishing guy on tinder and you can't change my mind.

[user1286]

N no i dont think You Guys know how insane I’m going over the relationship of Magni Modi and Thrud. L like… i… I CANT STOP THINKING ABT THEM HHHH JUST ENDLESS AMOUNTS OF BRAINROT.

My specific obsession for the last week has been Magni and Thrud’s relationship, and I fucking love the idea of Magni being willing to die for his baby sister 🥹…

OR EVEN BETTER JSJDKSJDKS

I have an idea that Sif and Thor were still furious alcoholics even in Thrud’s childhood except they didn’t abuse her, but instead neglected her, forcing Magni and Modi to take care of her whenever Sif and Thor were on a hangover. Which was almost all the time. Until Thrud got older.

Magni, being the oldest sibling felt the most obligated to protect Thrud seeing how tiny and defenseless she was as just a babe in his massive hand. So what im basically trying to say, is uhhh, Magni essentially acted almost like a third parent for Thrud until she grew more capable of taking care of herself. He rlly loves and cares for his family, but sucks ass at showing it. He ends up with toxic love languages and toxic tendencies he would feel are the norm for him and whatever specific family member is in front of him. BUT due to there practically being nothing in the way of his relationship with Thrud, their relationship is one of the most important things to him, so if Thrud even gets upset with him, Magni gets a bit… nervous in his own ways.

The whole love thing also applies to Modi, but a bit different due to a… specific incident between the two (hint hint: the end of their boss fight in gow 2018) but that’s being dived into later on in my fic >:3

Btw new chapter coming soon, it’s gonna be a 2 parter bc damn is this thing (not rlly long, but instead) in desperate need of careful thinking through, shits abt to go down in the second part heheheh >:D

[animatorrader]

Just replayed GOW 2018. I love them, but I hate them, but I love them.

[stellarcellardweller]

Thor the moment his sons were born.

[alrakia-serpent]

Just a normal day in Asgard

[mythropigman]

The only reason this tool so long was because I had no idea what else to draw in the background, if I had ideas this would have already been posted

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Been a while but part 3 of the centaur AU stuff since it still has a strong hold on my brain.

Assets are from Renderosity and the Daz Store. Centaur textures converted by me to work with Daz's centaur mesh.

Do not repost without my permission.

[sloppy-little-witch-bitch26]

Can you write what type of dad thor could he when he wasn't drunk and under odin's abuse. We never really got to see him be a father to thrud during those three years so if you have any head cannons or anything please do so!:)

I LOVE THIS - prefacing by saying this is how I picture Thor as a dad had he not had Odin’s influence

Thor as a *good* dad minus Odin’s influence.

- This man ADORES his babies. I mean would do anything for his kiddos

- You hear his thunderous laugh in the Great Lodge before he boulders on in with Magni hanging off one arm, Modi hanging off the other and tiny Thrud draped round his neck like a child cape

- He’s the dad that laughs hysterically and points when his boys are rough housing

- They touch Thrud though or she so much as let’s out an “Ow” best believe he’s picking up Magni and Modi by the ears and putting them in time out even though he knows damn well Thrud would put them on their arse in so much as a blink of an eye

- Bath time comes around, you just know he’s pretending to be a *non harmful* Dreki flailing around, water everywhere, dramatically flopping around once his kids have “bested the beast”

- Teaches his kiddos the best way to take down monsters. Thor’s bubbas aren’t scared of monsters. Nope, monsters are scared of Thor’s offspring

- I can see the maids and servants of the lodge just being all “not it” when they know it’s time to clean up the carnage of play time

- makes them mini wooden weapons so they can play pretend and be like daddy

- as they get older, teaches them discipline, how to be great warriors but also be humble. They may be gods/Demi gods but even gods need to know how to protect themselves and their family.

- With Thrud though, let’s face it, whatever his little princess wants? She gets. End of

- if they fail, he teaches them how to over come those failings and be better.

- will let Thrud braid his hair and beard and you just know he rocks those mismatched uneven braids with PRIDE because his baby made them

- When they are of age, teaches them how to “woo” partners by saying shit like “when I first met your mother, I took down many foes to show her how strong I am”. Sif’s there like “yeah… sure you did” when truth be told, it was more than likely Sif that took them on because man’s was just in awe

- Anyone so much as looks at Thrud though, he’s reaching for Miljonir

- one tradition that he sticks to no matter how old they get? Telling stories by the fire. When the kiddos are young, many wooden horses were carved, sat on furs, drinking hot honey while he’s carving and telling them the most outlandish versions of his adventures, one kiddo curled up on either side of his lap and one in the middle. It would be nothing but warmth from the flames and so many choruses of laughter coming from him, Sif and his bubbas until the laughter is replaced by soft, even breathing as he looks down and each one of them are fast asleep.

- Him and Sif slowly bend down and pick up each child, Thor carrying two, Sif carrying one, careful not to disturb their slumber as their taken to their beds

- This carries on well into the kids being grown. The carvings may have changed from horses but the laughter and love and warmth is still there

[kasmirkozel]

I miss this trio 😔

Two himbo idiots and their coocoo for cocopops uncle 🥰

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[user1286]

Magni(17) and Modi(14) just bein stupid that’s it.

[nastyavolk-cp]

(Holding a rose made of pure shadows): How about this one for a potential drawing, My Friend?

Atreus: It's been weeks, Björn! When are you and Revna coming home to Father & I?!

Björn (Walking towards a limo - where Magni is waiting for him): I am going home. To my Father, Mother, Brothers, and Sisters. I'm no longer a Sparta. I'm a Thorsdottir, now.

Sorry for the shitty quality of the photo 🥺 anyway, here’s your drawing 💞

(Magni in the background looking silly lol 😝)