#namor week 2024

[imperiuswrecked]

It's a gift Namor, don't be rude.

Namor Week 2024 - Day 5 - Friends/Enemies Frenemies featuring Doom & Namor @namorweek Thank you to the wonderful @rikebe for creating this fun comic for me! I love it!!! Commission the artist here!

[namorweek]

NAMOR WEEK 2024

Welcome to the the 5th Annual Namor Week, a fandom event dedicated to our favorite Undersea Anti-Hero! We welcome all new & old fans to the event and hope you can join in this year’s Namor Week on April 24 - 30!

(Art by @pointdotiozao )

Themes

Day 1 - Wings // Sun Day 2 - Prince/King/Emperor // Outcast Day 3 - Alternate Universe // What if...? Day 4 - Piercings/Tattoos // Scars Day 5 - Friends/Allies // Enemies Day 6 - Magic // Science Day 7 - Creator's Choice

The Rules

No sign ups, no checks, just create whatever you feel like creating! Choose one or all of the prompts. Please read and follow all rules to be a part of this event. Types of fanworks accepted: Fanfiction, Fanart, Podcasts, Edits, Playlists, Podfics, Aesthetics, Gifs, etc. you may commission work to be submitted but it must be created for this event, so no reposting an older work for this.

All work must be submitted on the day of the prompt, late works will be accepted up until end of the week. You may add your works to the Namor Week Collection on Ao3 if you wish. 

All Fan Works must be original works created or commissioned for this event and it must focus on Namor or any of his supporting characters in the Talokan or Atlantis universes, examples but not limited to; Lady Dorma, Namora, Attuma, Fen, and more! Choose from MCU or Comic Canon, but it must be a canon character and the work may not use Namor or his supporting characters as background for other non Sub-Mariner characters or fandoms. 

Fanworks must be tagged with #namorweek in the first five tags & tag @namorweek so that it can be featured on this blog by end of day, and unless otherwise stated then fanworks will be linked/cross posted to the Namor Week twitter. If you wish to participate on twitter and post there then simply @ the namorweek account there! All works will be rounded up in a master list.

Tag appropriately! If you have heavy themes, tag what your work contains!

Any fanwork*, ship, canon, canon divergent, or non-canon, romantic or platonic, welcome. However this is a character(s) week so please remember to keep focus on Namor, Atlanteans, Talokanil. *see banned content

Ship and let Ship & Don’t like? Don’t Read is in full force. 

Banned

Racism, hate work (fanwork created to bash on characters), and other forms of hate are not tolerated or accepted. Including Anti Ship or Shipping Wars. Don’t create something just to be a jerk to other fans or shippers. 

Pedo/Incest works are not accepted.

NamorSue, Namor/Susan in a romantic ship are not accepted. (Platonic Namor & Susan Storm is accepted.)

Namor x Reader, x Reader, Character x Reader, all works with x Reader or Character Imagines are not accepted. 

Good Luck with creating and see you in April & if you have any questions please send an Ask! 

[aolechan]

Namor Week 2024 @namorweek Day 4 - Piercings / Tattoos / Scars Close-Up Shots + Piercings

[rraaaarrl]

Namor Punching a Tesla Cybertruck at Sunset, 2024

For Namor Week! Day 7

I haven't really had a chance to participate in fandom much lately, but I just had to do at least something for this special week. There are dozens! Dozens of us! @namorweek

[demigoddessqueens]

Masterlist 11

Writing Drabbles

Intimacy

avert your eyes

SFW writings

Match up pairings - Valkyrie // Trevor Belmont // Alucard // multi-fandom pairing //

Song 🎶 fics - Vax fic // Percy fic // Grog // Caleb // Cadeuces // Grog - fic 2 //

Song fic: multi-party - Pike/Jester/Laudna //

Pretty Little Liars 💋/Original Sin 🔪- being mouse’s sibling //

Genshin Impact - Neuvillette flirting //

Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon 🐉- aegon + writing prompt // aemond headcanons // incorrect quotes // jock 💪 aemond //

Ewan Mitchell - Martin (in the modern world) //

The Decameron - Dr Dioneo fluff // Dioneo and the artist //

Hades - making out with Moros //

Marvel

MCUniverse - Namor + female general // Paradox ⚡️ headcanons // incorrect quotes // incorrect quotes 2 // incorrect quotes 3 // incorrect quotes 4 // incorrect quotes 5 //

Werewolf by Night - Jack Russell fluff //

X-Men - relationship headcanons //

Bridgerton - Benedict SFW (+ NSFW) //

Fallout - found family + Lucy //

Dune - Chani + sister!figure //

Ultraman Rising - kenji x male!reader //

A Quiet Place: Day One - dating Eric //

Monkey Man - writing prompt ask //

Blood of Zeus ⚡️- ares x Hindu!god!reader // Dionysus with pregnant!reader + twins // hard to get Ares // can’t carry a tune 🎶 // Hermes and Apollo twins // sneaking with Poseidon // childhood friend // rise of Venus 💕 // friends of monsters // plus size reader //

Critical Role 🎲

Vox Machina - thicc thighs // (my darling) yandere // grog + sorcerer!reader // Percy + harpy kiss // yandere Vax and Percy // bard oc + scanlan // kidnapped?! // wild witch 🧙// domestic + affectionate //

Mighty Nein - hold my ale // you get separated // flirting as a bard 🎵//

Bell’s Hells - constellation Druid //

Other -

Dungeon Meshi - toshiro headcanons //

Castlevania/Nocturne 🌙 - once upon a December // Fae healer lover // fall asleep on their shoulder // Trio + modern au // lover’s voice kink // divine paladin, cleric // roasts and insults // richter + elf!reader // sugar 🍬 rush //

Assassins Creed - Kenway friend // drunk Haytham // Connor and author s/o // the cuddling type // gyaru reader // altair and day off // Altair and eagles // Malik headcanons // markings of Eden // supportive Altair //

Codexmonthly prompts

July “magic”

August ��rooftop”

September “leap”

Baldurs Gate - linking pinkies // peck 💋 on lips // practicing “I love you” // Gale + insecure!body reader // blue dragon in the rain // too close to call //

Batstarion 🦇 Week 2024 - day 6 // day 7

Star Wars - Rey skywalker + reader with anxiety //

NSFW writings

Twisters 🌪️ - sweet darlin //

Critical Role 🎲

Multiparty - match freak //

Vox Machina - lover & giver // ride of your life //

Mighty Nein - your reward + round 2 //

Bell’s Hells - braius fic //

Castlevania - you taste good (ft C.R.) //

[kandisheek]

Cap-Ironman Rec Week 2024

Better Together Monday: July 22nd

Prompt: Tell us all about those fanworks where Tony and Steve are better teammates, are more competent, complete missions more efficiently and are just overall better for working and being together!

We all know that Steve and Tony are better together than apart, and this is the perfect time to celebrate it! Here are some of my favorite fics where teamwork makes the dream work:

-- Kludged Together by Veldeia

When he cut his morning jog short to join Tony Stark on a reconnaissance mission off the East Coast, Steve sure wasn’t expecting to end up stuck on a life raft in the middle of the ocean, his hand knuckle-deep in Stark's chest.

-- Danger Mouse by isozyme

First step: get both Tony and the pieces of Tony’s suit into some kind of shelter. It’s not raining now, but it’s only a matter of time. The passenger bay of the jet is sitting at a thirty degree angle and pretty banged up, but the doors are accessible and, hey, it’s got a roof. Step two after shelter: make a fire. That’s wilderness 101. Steve pats around his belt pouches for his matches. He comes up with a pack of tissues (wet), a couple of business cards (wet), his guilty pack of cigarettes (also wet), and finally a book of matches. It’s wet.

-- If Through a Door by jibrailis

Tony is accused of murder on an alien planet; Steve marries him to bring him home.

MORE RECS BELOW THE CUT:

-- Symmetry Breaking by Annie D (scaramouche)

After the Battle of New York, Steve rode off on his motorbike. That's how it went the first time. This time he rides back, all the way to Stark Tower, where he asks Tony for help.

-- Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happy Hour by BladeoftheNebula

“What is your problem?” Steve finally asked, annoyed at the way Stark was acting like there was a storm cloud over his head. Stark reeled back. “My problem? My fucking problem? You walk around this place with a stick jammed so far up your ass I’m surprised you can even bend over to suture!” Steve’s jaw dropped. “At least my head isn’t so big it barely fits through the OR doors.” Dr Steve Rogers is finally assigned to work at the MASH 107 army hospital in Korea, just like he’s been wanting since he was drafted. Too bad the Chief Surgeon is such an ass.

-- Senseless by Scavenge4Dreams

Blinded, deafened, exhausted, injured and afraid, Tony raised himself up into a defensive position, the knife coming up just like Nat had taught him.  “That had better fucking be you, Steve Rogers- it had better be you. Fucking disarm me. If you let me kill you, I swear I will be very, very pissed.” Tony snarled, sure it was Steve approaching. Had to be. Had. To. Be.  What if it wasn’t?

-- Trust Fall by Sineala

Tony needs someone who cares about him, bandages, a jacket, ibuprofen, dinner, a lasting romantic relationship, a nice time in bed, and assistance committing federal crimes. He gets them. In that order.

-- Love among the Hydrothermal Vents by DevilDoll

In which Namor has a thing for Steve, an octopus has a thing for Tony, and Steve and Tony eventually have a thing for each other.

And two of my own fics:

-- Flipping Through Channels

When Loki hits Tony and Steve with an illusion spell during their fight, Tony is prepared for torture, nightmares, the whole shebang. What he's not prepared for is being trapped in a kitschy eighties rom-com with him and Steve as the protagonist and love interest. And why the hell does Loki want them to kiss so badly?

-- Some More Equal Than Others

Steve split from SHIELD years ago, but when Fury approaches him with a rescue mission that goes beyond anything they've ever done before, Steve knows that he can't turn a blind eye to it. Those animals need his help, and if he has to go undercover to save them, then he'll do it gladly. He never expects to find what he does, a tiger hybrid who seems to understand him and yet pretend to be an animal. Steve knows that even more than any of the other animals in this illegal zoo, this man was never meant to belong in a cage. No matter what, Steve won't rest until the man is free.

[comicwaren]

This week on Marvel Comics (17th July 2024):

Amazing Spider-Man: Blood Hunt #003 (Finale)

Blood Hunters #004 (Finale)

Daredevil: Woman Without Fear Vol. 2 #001 (NEW!)

Dracula: Blood Hunt #003 (Finale)

Immortal Thor Annual #001 (One-shot)

Incredible Hulk Vol. 4 #014

Invincible Iron Man Vol. 5 #020 (Finale)

Namor Vol. 2 #001 (NEW!)

Phoenix #001 (NEW!)

Scarlet Witch Vol. 4 #002

Spectacular Spider-Men #005

Spider-Woman Vol. 8 #009

Star Wars Vol. 3 #048

Ultimate X-Men Vol. 2 #005

X-Men: Blood Hunt - Laura Kinney the Wolverine #001 (One-shot)

[cybercitycomix]

Top New Marvel Comic Releases for the Week of August 21st, 2024.

Daredevil Woman Without Fear #2,

Ghost Rider Final Vengeance #6,

Giant-Size Thor #1,

Miles Morales Spider-Man Annual #1,

Namor #2,

Phoenix #2,

Predator vs Black Panther #1,

Venom War Carnage #1,

Venom War Venomous #1 +

Wolverine Revenge #1.

[elvain]

MK's Moves: April Wrap-Up

hi all! here's a little check-in/update for my writing during the month of april. :) i had a really wordy month, and all the support i have received has been near and dear to my heart. thank you very much.

Chaptered Fics:

At The Heart Of Time: 13/42 chapters posted. as always, this fic is one of my biggest priorities in terms of my writing this year. i'm getting a start on chapter 18-20 during the month of may.

Forged In Amber: 4/28 chapters posted. my beloved amnesia fic has been so much fun for me to write! during the month of april, i was able to get up to chapter 10 in my writing.

A Semblance of my Soul: 4/11 chapters posted. this fic is absolutely self-indulgent and serves no real purpose beyond being silly :3 i bumped it up from 8 chapters to 11 and i'm hoping to get this fic finished this summer.

You, Me, and the Multiverse, Too: 2/20 chapters posted. i finally got to post my alison blare/jennifer walters fic! i've worked really, really hard on outlining + worldbuilding for this fic and i am really excited to share it.

Performance of the Dead: 6/6 chapters posted. i wrote and completed this fic for namor week, 2024! it follows a series of journal excerpts that give insights into key moments of namor's life.

One-Shots:

silver streams / golden hearts: 2.5k words. i finally made good on my promises and wrote some idril/tuor. the experts call this one "smut with gravitas"

Ride Out In The Country: 2.4k. inspired by my friend rhov's eomer/lothiriel fanart, i wrote some flirty banter ft. firefoot with an attitude.

Mutual In Divine Love: 4.1k words. this arwen/eowyn fic was written for a couple of members of my tolkien discord server. i'm super proud of this one. :)

WORD COUNT (APRIL): 51,048

Goals for May:

You, Me, and the Multiverse, Too - complete 10 of 20 chapters. reaching the halfway mark on this fic would be a dream come true! currently sitting at 6/20.

At The Heart Of Time - complete chapters 18, 19, and 20. a heavier fic means heavier writing so i'm trying to stay realistic about this one. currently sitting at 17/20 chapters.

[UNDECIDED ONE-SHOT] - i'm going to try to limit myself to only posting ONE one-shot this month in order to focus more on my ongoing works. we will see if i make it...

Special Announcement:

in april, my best friends and i launched a brand new fanfic network for marvel comics - excelsiorfics! please take a moment to explore the blog i linked. this network is a labour of love and passion for the community and the team is super excited for what's to come. :)

as always, my askbox is open for any and all questions/comments about my writing. i would love the chance to open up some more about this stuff. :)

-> NOTE: if anyone would like to be added or removed to my taglist, please give me a shout. i have 2 separate taglists for the 2 fandoms i write for and you are welcome to ask to be added to either/both. <3

[salty-ironstrange-shipper]

Fun idea that I would love to hear your for. Imagine how chaotic shuri would be if she had namor as boyfriend during the whole black panther 1 and infinity war and engame drama. And namor didn't disappear during the snap. But Shuri did. Though I guess the age difference would be even more of a problem. How old was shuri during civil war and black panther?

hi I started to answer this then saved it as a draft. that was like two weeks ago. soz.

Black Panther (2018) takes place soon after CA:CW since it deals with T'Challa's ascension to King immediately following T'Chaka's death. So, that movie takes place in 2016. Everyone initially assumed Shuri was about 16 in that movie (though her age is never directly stated in the film), but later sources put her date of birth in 1997-1998 (source). So, she would have been 18-19 in Black Panther, and, assuming Wakanda Forever takes place in 2024 (a year following T'Challa's death, and six years since the Snap when Nakia would have left Wakanda), she would be 21-22. (For what it's worth, actress Letitia Wright is currently 29.)

But for the sake of a little au idea based on the chemistry seen in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, let's assume she's the same age as that movie when she and Namor get together in this one. T'Challa was already more than a decade older than her, so she'd still very much be his little sister.

(So the above wasn't actually super necessary, but Shuri's MCU age is a common misconception that gets thrown around, and it annoys me.)

SO TO YOUR ACTUAL QUESTION, I think a fic with this premise would fuck hard (a high compliment, I assure you). T'Challa was so protective of his sister that imagining Namor and him in the same room is incredibly funny to me. They would hate each other so much. I think Shuri would encourage a rivalry between them. I think she'd find it funny. Putting some enrichment in their enclosure.

Plot-wise, I think it's interesting to think of Namor-as-Shuri's-boyfriend in BP. I can imagine a version of that movie where, after T'Challa was thrown into the water by Killmonger, the Talokanil find him instead of the Jabari and that's where Shuri and Ramonda end up going (lmao Killmonger, good luck getting them in the underwater kingdom). Maybe then the initial plan would be for them to go to Talokan and ask Namor to kill Erik's ass. Shuri just gonna bat her eyes and go "🥺🥺 baby pls"

Meanwhile Namor is like, I'm about to make myself Ramonda's favorite son-in-law ever. Every time T'Challa ever wants to beat his ass again, Shuri's gonna remind him of that time Namor saved his life and kingdom and T'Challa would be FUMING

Namor in Infinity War would be hilarious cuz he would straight up kill Vision. "oh, so if we kill you and destroy the stone Thanos's forces won't have a reason to fight us until he shows up?? but if we protect you then a lot of Wakandan soldiers will die???? damn. sucks to be you then lmao" he would kill that toaster so fast

seriously though the second he saw Shuri was in danger trying to save this fucker, Thanos's army boutta have another thing coming

the ANGST of Shuri being snapped while he lives though. darkcrow, you are KILLING me with this one 🥺🥺 because they were supposed to have more time, and it was never going to be enough for him in the first place, but now they don't even have that 😭 I made myself sad

[imperiuswrecked]

Kiss me slowly Kiss me tenderly Kiss me sweetly Kiss me passionately Kiss me on the lips Down to my finger tips

Namor Week 2024 - Day 7 - Kisses for the Sea King For Creators Choice, I chose my 8 favorite Namor ships! I love each of these ships so dearly, and wanted Namor to have all the kisses! Thank you to the extraordinary @pointdotiozao for my art commission! 😘 I'm so happy to see all my favorite Namor romances!

[namorweek]

This is the only thing I had time to do for #NamorWeek this year RIP 😔💔 BUT I did have fun with it, I chose to do wings AND sun for today's prompts 😁

By Marvelite

[somelonelywordmonger]

Scry-A-Day #334

June 3, 2024 | Day 1 of XYX Week

Meet Namor!

Sunset Python | Sapphire Alloy | Sunset Glimmer | Bright Shadow Eyes

Skin is titled "FADE IN" ID: #30941 by Limanya

[aolechan]

”Only the most broken people can be great leaders.” Namor Week 2024 @namorweek Day 7 - Creator’s Choice | Favorite Quotes insp and tutorial by thereigning-lorelai

[norcalbruja]

The good and the bad with Namor/Kukulkan, also various Loki musings

Jan 30, 2024

What's up, so you know how Namor/Kukulkan had a pretty uptight reaction to custard/flan because that's colonizer food, and he's very choosy about "food history" because he (as a snake spirit) doesn't need to eat a lot?

On January 10, I finally had the time to go to my favorite Mexican place again, and I bought sopes and tacos.

--

-

Whenever I give offerings to the spirits, I usually split off a few spoonfuls, or I eat one piece and leave them the other, so that day I went "what's up Kukulkan, I finally went to my favorite Mexican place! You want some?"

My dude just lit up and started laughing, and it lasted for a good few hours. At risk of sounding Not Mentally Normal: When spirits have strong reactions to things, it's like the spiritual equivalent of smells hanging around for a while. In this case, sopes. <3

Kukulkan was very happy and very full for like, the next week or so.

--

A couple of weeks later, Kukulkan stepped into my meditation and was probably trying to help me out with [Insert so many problems in my whole fucking life] in return for the sopes.

Loki immediately barged in and yelled, "HEYHEYHEYHEY!!! FUCK OFF, DANGER NOODLE, I'M HELPING HER ALREADY!!! YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HER!!!"

So Kukulkan was like "Ah, so YOU do? She spent years hating you for messing up all her meditations! It doesn't sound much like knowing!"

And Loki went, "HATING ME FOR YEARS IS STILL KNOWING THAT SHE HATES ME! WHY ARE YOU JUST SWANNING IN AND TRYING TO HELP RIGHT AWAY???"

So the Water-Spirit called Thor, Odin, and Haik to try and separate these two again. Unfortunately, the fist-fight actually happened this time, and Kukulkan turned into a giant snake to strangle Loki. Loki retaliated by freezing the coils that were wrapped around him, which is the first I've seen of Loki's ice powers.

If anything emphasizes how little Normal/Mythical-Loki resembles Marvel-Loki, it would be how extremely hot-blooded he gets. If Dionysus is like a frat-boy who gets Really, Really Perceptive, Loki is his frat-brother who always gets in trouble for starting shit--and is Really, Really Perceptive in a brutally honest way.

So that was a stalemate, and Eric Draven tried to talk Kukulkan into like... trying to fight/argue with people less than he does right now, but he got bitten for his troubles.

Apparently this would have hurt a lot more if he was still alive, but his main problem was that dead spirits don't "heal" the same way as living ones. and it's terrifying to see someone walk around with gaping and NON-BLEEDING bite-marks on his neck/chest like a zombie. Hades had to come in and heal him because, well, he's the god of the dead.

I remember thinking how Lugh and the Morrigan of the Irish gods hate each other this much. Every time Lugh tries to say more than two words to me, the Morrigan bolts over and goes "MINE!", and then they start screaming at each other about shit that quickly stops being about me.

So I went, "Loki. Man. You gotta chill out about Kukulkan offering to help me. He's technically helping YOU! By giving you less work! You know I'm still cautious about how you can use your 'Marvel connections' to help my art get off the ground, right?"

I don't know if that was the wrong OR the right thing to say, because Loki started sobbing in a rage and going, "I DON'T GET TO FUCKING HELP PEOPLE, CYBORG!!! THE DANGER-NOODLE BARELY HAS TO DO ANYTHING! HE JUST WALKS OVER AND HE'S HOT AND EVERYONE LOVES HIM! ME, I'M FUCKING LOKI! OHHHHHH, I DID RAGNAROK! OHHHHH I SHIT-TALKED THE GODS! OHHHHH I HAD A WHOLE HERD OF KIDS THAT EVERYONE CALLS MONSTERS!"

And I'm like "Okay, Loki, I think we need Odin to help you calm down."

To Odin's credit, he was not surprised to find Loki being a mess in my spiritual "room."

--

Last week at the bowling alley, my manager and about three or four of my coworkers were joking about Covid and how "if you get Covid, spread the love so everyone can have a paid vacation!"

I am one of VERY few workers who mask, and it also made my blood boil because my sister caught Covid earlier this month and she has been BONE TIRED after going up the stairs and walking for a few minutes. This is not a fucking cold or a flu.

And the bartender was like, "Is Covid still even real?"

So I could not RESIST being petty and saying "My sister has Covid."

Motherfuckers stopped and stared at me for a good couple of seconds. Partly because they thought I said I had Covid, but the energy in the room plummeted and I'm just thinking "Oh. NOW you all act like I've got the consumption. *angry inner laughter*"

It made my sister bust out laughing when I texted her about it later.

Loki was also very pleased and laughed a lot--not just because it was petty, but because it was TRUE.

In my acting studies, I used to have a hard time with comedy because I can't seem to HARNESS humor very well, at least when I had to do it IN REAL TIME and not in writing or across the screen. I constantly had to force myself not to laugh at my own jokes, I have made jokes that were poorly timed or went too far, and some jokes that I thought were just average end up getting a WAY better response than I expected.

This might seem obvious because the folks on my spirituality blog don't see a lot of HUMOR in my constant financial/spiritual troubles, but like... I don't have my shit together.

Not even my DREAM-SELF has her shit together--her exploits are hilariously bad luck sometimes. In addition to the dream where I got a deal with Marvel and started working with Tenoch Huerta, my LATEST dream involved me auditioning as a singer for my former theater prof... and begging my phone to STOP HAVING TECHNICAL ISSUES AND PLAY HOZIER'S KARAOKE TRACKS, PLEASE!!!

I was mad when I woke up, but I couldn't avoid laughing because my good luck for getting a Marvel contract clearly didn't last very long. I said affectionately, "Oh, Dream-Me, we're back to going nowhere."

Meanwhile, in my WRITING, people constantly found humor in very dark and angry/depressing pieces.

Which, um... my theater prof has mentioned is something you need to do in dark works, because that's how people get through it without needing therapy. You have to find humor/lightness in dark works.

--

Yesterday while I was getting the groceries, I saw a crow pecking at a plastic bag with the telltale "take-out box of leftover food inside," and I was like "ehhhhhhhhh, why are crows showing up so often??? It might be a crow, but it might be a sign from Odin or the Morrigan. Guess I'll help this dude out."

So I untied the bag and opened the box, and I figured I'd stop by after getting the groceries to see if the crow was back.

Odin laughed in surprise/glee, and he told me, "You know this isn't actually Hugin or Munin, right?"

And I was like "Of course I don't literally think every crow is you or the Morrigan, but I figured I'd help out JUST IN CASE. Worst case, the crow is a normal crow and it gets food. Best case, someone up there helps me out."

Unfortunately the light rain IMMEDIATELY got harder soon after I got inside, so... the crow would have had a really soupy meal.

--

So today I was eating lunch and feeling shitty about my life again, and I asked Loki, "hey man, do you want some lunch? I figured since you had a shit time fighting with Kukulkan, you might as well eat something. And, you know, you claim to have Marvel connections... because you're a character in the stories."

And he just said, "No. I don't want anything."

And I'm like "Why not??? Do you not like sinigang???" (Filipino soup, it's very sour.)

He told me, "No, everyone TAKES THINGS from you. They take and they spring things on you, and they always tell you to DO STUFF for them, and you're terrified of asking your mom to go out and eat by yourself because you know you're just going to worry about her for two hours. You have lunch with the spirits more often than you have lunch with your fucking family. And then they're surprised when you're mad at having two houses' worth of stuff in one apartment, or at giving up and staying in that shitty ancient apartment because you never have time to yourself. You can barely fucking move, or garden, or DO ANYTHING. I'm not gonna take MORE from you to get you into Marvel, Cyborg."

And I was like "Okay, Loki, OUCH. But... thanks for that last part?"

--

So I've been poking around at Lokean writings, and my experiences DEFINITELY fit with other people's experiences.

For one, people agree that when Loki is not a god to mince words. He will tell you exactly what he thinks, and exactly what he thinks of OTHER PEOPLE. This was primarily why I used to hate him so much--he kept shit-talking EVERY OTHER SPIRIT in the damn room, and he constantly told me "You're too fucking nice and you think everyone else is gonna be like that, too. NO. THEY'RE NOT. IT WILL HURT AND YOU WILL STILL MAKE YOURSELF BE NICE, AND THAT'S GONNA WEAR YOU THE FUCK OUT. It's even worse because you had the insane luck to get spirits who are nice to you and feel bad for you!"

He is also a god of mental illness, as tricksters often are. Maybe Loki's attempts to shake me out of my niceness was because he knew that I'd eventually have thirty-year-overdue suspicions of being autistic/ADHD? If Dionysus, god of mental illness and considered by other tricksters as 'the trickster that everyone pretends is not a trickster,' has said "you know why you're so bad at interacting with people, you just can't get insurance for that sweet DIAGNOSIS," Loki the confirmed trickster would know what's wrong with my head.

Speaking of which, the FIANNA of all spirits (they are an Irish warrior-troupe led by Finn MacCool, and are famous for going on long sea-voyages or getting taken to the Otherworld) warned me quite a while ago that my path is not going to be a straightforward one. They said something like "you're gonna go from Point A, to Point 31, to Point D, and finally to Point B, and it's gonna be rough for a while."

Since Loki has told me he's got "Marvel connections" because he's literally in Marvel as a fucking character, this... does not bode well for all those steps between Point A and Point B.