#halfborn gunderson

[hotelvalhallazine]

Hello all!! Introducing Hotel Valhalla, a Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard centered zine! Here you'll find our info carrd and contributor applications. We hope you'll join us in creating a zine by fans for fans with the intent of bringing a fun new project to this corner of the wider Riordanverse.

[mallory-keen-to-kill]

heres some lovely wedding photos from yesterday:

@magnus-falafelking @alex-fierro-pr-nightmare @that-hijabi-loki-spawn @thomas-jefferson-jr @halfbornhalfdead @sword-of-summer-hits

[gaygirldoodles]

Thinking abt how all the einherjar will die come Ragnarok and how Magnus will probably outlive Blitz, Hearth, Samirah, Amir and Annabeth.

But just imagine, Alex dying in Magnus' arms as he tries desperately to heal she/he, knowing they will both end up dying either way, but still holding onto hope as he sees his friends fighting around him and slowly dying. He can't save them, but gods damn it, will he try.

Imagine when it's finally his turn, he holds onto the hope that he will once again see all his friends and loved ones. Those who had died years ago and those who had died more recently.

Maybe he will see them again. Maybe he won't. We don't really know for sure, but we can still hope.

[weirdnotal]

Jason Grace and Leo Valdez au where they both die but due to a mishap end up in Valhalla.

Hazel didn't like Leo's plan so she switched the potions and tried to talk him out of it (didn't work tho) and he ended up in Valhalla, obviously Percy and Annabeth don't know about Valhalla yet.

Once Jason's dead he also goes to Valhalla since they're the same age they end up on the same floor and see each other again. Then the whole Magnus Chase thing happens and Annabeth learns about him. Right after they're last adventure Alex and Magnus explore the building and accidentally get to the others floor.

They good friends but eventually Magnus is like "hey wanna come meet all my dead friends Annabeth" cue spiderman meme

*also imagine the combination of shenanigans and himbo-assery of Alex, Leo, TJ, Halfborn, Mallory, Magnus, and Jason as friends

[andwhateverwalkedthere]

There’s just something about how Rick Riordan explores each of his characters’ past in the Magnus Chase books and how each character learns to deal with it. Magnus coming to terms with his mother’s death and honoring her with the love he feels for his friends. Biltzen’s honoring of his father by winning the crafting duel while following his passion. Mallory confronting the mother she felt abandoned by and how she feels about Frigg’s attempts to be a part of her life. Alex’s relationship with his grandfather and his craft that rejects everything his father stands for. Sam’s faith allowing her to find the strength to resist Loki. Hearthstone’s relationship with his brother and his brother’s love for him as the final rejection of his father’s abuse. Halfborn coming to terms with the home he never returned to. The history of slavery that continues to weigh on TJ, but that he triumphs by his pure existence whereas the confederates literally fade away.

[squarecloud73]

*I worship you Tumblr don’t remove it

Redraw one of my earliest posts on Tumblr. Happy new year from the empty cup family!

[pjofancalledbelle]

so cool

[ace-writer-lani]

Hotel Valhalla as a reality TV show Pt.2

(Part one)

Mallory [to a camera]: Right, so sometimes, Halfborn does these...how do I describe them?

Magnus: Experiments?

Alex: Tests on the human limits of pain and misery to see what can break his mind and soul?

Mallory:

Mallory: Both work, honestly.

Mallory: Either way he's a dumbass, and this week he's decided to see how long he could go without sleep and so far he's tried to eat his own hand, convince us that we were aliens and—

Alex: And it's hilarious

-

[Day One]

Halfborn [slicing the air with his axes]: Honestly? I feel so energetic that I could kill a whole army right now!

[He throws one axe across the hallway just as TJ was stepping out of his room]

TJ: Hey-! [Gets beheaded]

Halfborn: Oops? Eh, he'll be fine!

-

[Day Two]

Halfborn: I think the less sleep I get, the stronger I become!

-

[Day Three]

Magnus: You good there buddy?

Halfborn: Yes, perfectly fine. I just needed to lay down for a sec, but then I'll be back to kicking names and taking ass!

Magnus: I-that's not how—

Alex [trying not to laugh]: Shh, just let him be Maggie. If he wants to kick names and take ass, let him.

-

[Day Four]

Halfborn: Is it still called cannibalism if you try to eat yourself?

Halfborn: Self-cannabalism?

Halfborn: Ingestion of thyself?

TJ [pauses in eating his breakfast]: Dude, you're gonna make me lose my appetite.

Mallory: Halfborn, take your hand out of your mouth right now or I will chop it off and feed it to the wolves.

Halfborn: So the wolves can eat me but I can't?

Mallory: I swear to Gods—

-

[Day Five]

Halfborn [to Magnus]: This...this is your father

Magnus:

Magnus [Pointing to Halfborn's palm]: That's a cockroach.

Halfborn: [Gasp] Show your father some respect!

Magnus: But that's not my father.

Halfborn: What are you talking about? You look just like him!

Magnus:

Magnus [turning to Alex]: I feel like I should be insulted by that.

-

[Day Six]

Halfborn: I knew it! I knew your evil plan was to disguise yourselves as humans so it would be easier for you to take over the world! Well guess what, scum? I won't let you do so that easily! Prepare to die!

TJ: For the last time, we aren't aliens.

Mallory: Who are you calling scum you motherfucker?

Magnus: And we're all kind of already dead.

Halfborn: Lies! More words of your manipulation—

Alex: Should I just kill him now and put us all out of our misery?

-

[Day Seven]

Magnus: Good news, Alex didn't have to kill him—

Alex: That's bad news.

Magnus: —cause he passed out on his own yesterday. But now he's just...sleeping like a rock in the middle of the hallway.

[Halfborn's loud snores can be heard in the background]

Mallory: Idiot couldn't even make it to seven days

Magnus: But...should we move him?

TJ: Maybe I should kill him as payback for Monday—

[moremagnuschasecontent]

[k-is-for-potassium]

hearth is such a mood

tbh if someone was trying to wake me up that early i would also tell them that i am not there

[rayssion]

I want someone to talk to them gibberish and they still understands me

[logolepsy-babble]

If Jason Went to Valhalla

Halfborn: NEW KID! Why do you have a coin? Did you use money as a weapon?

Jason: Haha, it’s…

Jason flips the coin and it turns to a sword.

TJ: Hey, it kind of looks like Jack.

Alex: Oh, I so see it.

Jason: Jack?

Magnus: Oh, here.

Magnus takes jack down from his chain. Jack flies up to Jason.

Magnus: This is Jack aka Sumarbrander. Jack, this is…

Jason: I’m Jason.

Alex: Do you have a lineage? Have you just formed from air?

Magnus: Um, I’m Magnus, son of Frey. That’s Alex, daughter of Loki. TJ, son of Tyr, Halfborn son of-

I’m not writing all that.

Jason: I’m Jason, son of Jupiter.

Alex: Nice, an alien.

Jason: Alien?

Jack: OOO!! NEW GUY! Oh what a pretty sword, imperial gold, he’s so-

Jason: It’s talking?!

Alex: We wish he wouldn’t…

[merf8]

So... Last summer I was reading the Magnus Chase trilogy. Because I have the memory of a gold fish I had already forgot everything so I said "Why don't I read it again?" and holy shit it was worth it. Many people say that Magnus and Percy are similar but I'll have to disagree with that. I know Magnus is a sarcastic little shit but unlike Percy he's pretty chill about everything. He was homeless for YEARS. He has met any kind of people that he doesn't get surprised anymore. And also how good chemistry him and Alex had! People say a lot but they will never change my mind about them. Their so different an that's why they need and want each other so much. I would love to see more of them. I already miss them and the only thing I had was three books. Please give it a shot!!!

[kaylakenobi]

When the healer is unconscious and the rest of the group has no clue wtf to do:

Here’s the blank template if you want it

[polls4you]

Found Family Battle (First Round)

[genderfluid-strawberry-of-doom]

i reread hammer of thor and i decided to list out some stuff i feel has been overlooked by the fandom

and stuff that hasn't been overlooked (at all) but i HAVE to mention it anyway. because reasons

also it's not THAT long of a post but it's pretty long so i put a cut there

nobody ever mentions the 'thinking cup' like whyyy

alex fierro the cheetah and weasel :)

"the gender thing wasn't what surprised me. what surprised me was the way my impression of alex had slingshot and the emotions that had stirred up"

magnus mentioning that he had been stuck in one gender his whole life and that it didn't bother him except the way it was worded made it seem like he was unsure about it jsfjfisfidgkgd

i don't think it's overlooked but the scene in which magnus is watching alex eat and halfborn goes "there's no shame in being attracted magnus" and he CHOKES

(not overlooked at all but) HEARTH'S POSESSIVENESS OVER BLITZ <333

(DEFINITELY not overlooked but) "buddy" *proceeds to take hearth's hands in his own*, "what is wrong with my elf" 😭😭

inge being fucking abused by alderman?? she was beaten??? and the iron on the door locks is harmful and extremely painful to hulder??? THAT ASSHOLE ALDERMAN

(in context to inge explaining that alderman kept a patch of wilderness in his backyard bc hulder need wilderness to live and so that he can 'hire' more help) "she said hire. i heard catch" BITCH-

the fucking wergild. i have a lot of thoughts about that and all of them involve alderman dying

also hearth's mom doesn't really seem like much of a good person either? she didn't stop alderman from being abusive towards hearth or the house staff AND she literally just cared about her reputation. maybe she wasn't as bad as her husband but she was still pretty bad (parallels there between hearth and alex)

also parallels between hearth trying to stop alderman from taking andvari's ring and trying to "pull his dad out from a hole deeper than andvari's" and magnus trying to save randolph from falling into the hole in the ground that led to helheim-

hearth and samirah's dynamic?? they've already had a fight and patched up AND were stuck together during the utgard lanes chapters. soooo a lot

also hearth and alex's brief interactions lol

"just, you know, a little respect" "for the girl with the sharp wire? no problem" "there was nothing confusing abt the smile she gave me. it warmed up the office by about five degrees" I LOVE THEM A TOTALLY NORMAL AMOUNT

amir fadlan. AMIR FADLAN EVERYBODY <333

samirah being a girlboss. samirah handling all the stress. samirah trying to show her true self to amir. samirah braving everything put in her way with courage. just samirah <3 <3 (everybody in the whole universe should be in awe of her btw)

the scene in which they're sitting on stanley (the eight-legged horse) and magnus is nervous to hold on to alex but she just takes his hands and puts them around her waist <3

for some reason i had assumed alex had cut magnus's hair for the first time in the woods but no. it was blitz? hm

magnus's casual mention about utgard loki being attractive ajsfjfsi

taylor swift being dwarf music and prince being giant music?? (and that giant named tiny being obsessed with elvis)

an alex speech pattern which isn't much of a pattern but it repeated twice in the book: once she said (in response to hearth signing something she didn't understand. this was around the time when she and samirah revealed that alex would be taking samirah's place) "yes alex. thank you alex for being so brave and heroic." and then the other time (in the end when magnus is visiting her in her room and picks up one of her pottery projects) "no you can't touch it magnus. thanks for asking magnus" idk i just think it's cool

the trophy wife thing. sif deserves better tbh

"a girl who was rocking that wedding dress"

alex straightening magnus's tie or smth and magnus's inner monologue going "she still smells like wood smoke. why does she still smell like a campfire?"

samirah's wedding outfit?? (sounds gorgeous tbh. except for the hood which) also i have a related question. is the hood in place of hijab thing disrespectful? /gen

sif and alex dynamic <3

sif's gifts to hearth (pouch of rowan runes) and alex (golden garrote)

alex and most other shapeshifters make random animal noises and shapeshift to random animals when they're nervous

halfborn's "death and glory," mallory's "kill everyone," and tj's "charge" aksfkfiovdm. and the way magnus just becomes so much stronger when he sees his friends-

the scene at the end of the marriage battle thing when alex is all concerned because she thinks magnus doesn't believe that she was just pretending to be under loki's control and sHE'S TRYING TO CONVINCE HIM AND HE SQUEEZES HER HAND JDFJSFKFK THIS SCENE IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH

alex canonically calling magnus "sunshiny" and RESPECTING AND ADMIRING HIM AND HIS HEALING POWERS. they make me weak

samirah and magnus's dynamic is not given enough love. they are figuratively SIBLINGS and that level of closeness is not recognized by the fandom enough

(also not really about the book but. the UK cover of 'hammer of thor' depicts samirah with half of her hair falling out of her hijab. which. who tf designed these covers?? like somebody needs to give them a good throttling)

there's probably more that i don't remember but okay here have this for now :)