#odin and frigga

[literatureatthebowofnails]

I would love to see something for excerpts for Odin's A+ Parenting Playbook.

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Midgardians say "Children are like pancakes; you always mess up the first one."

I'm unfamiliar with pancakes, and I have no knowlege of servant's duties, but it sounds as though pancakes are both disposable and of minimal value. Therefore, I must agree with the assessment that children are indeed like pancakes.

One must consider that for a king, children require minimal effort to create. It takes but a single act to get a child upon a queen, or for that matter any woman. In the event a king is unable to do so, it is just as simple to slaughter a race, invade a sacred place of worship and kidnap save an infant doomed to die of exposure. A death which the infant or the infant's parents were surely the cause of, and which had nothing at all to do with the recent actions of the king.

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Raising an only child has its benefits, though raising siblings together presents significant, distinct rewards.

When a king has but a single child, he can mold that offspring into a weapon of war. Together they shall lead campaigns throughout the Nine Realms, pillage and plunder every worthless little civilization, hoarding resource for themselves and leaving nothing but destruction in their wake.

All shall worship a king who has but one heir. All, unfortunately, but the heir.

I've learned over my many centuries that it's rather difficult to prevent an only child from becoming narsisistic. Particularly when the child is a princess of Asgard and the goddess of death.

We are all bound to make mistakes; it is how we right those wrongs that truly matters.

As stated previously, children are like pancakes. Having learned more about the lower lifeforms that inhabit Midgard, it seems the ideal method of addressing damaged pancakes is to have a servant throw them out.

By such reasoning, I ordered an elite force of warriors to imprison Hela so I never had to think about her again. She killed the entire batallion, and I must continuously siphon my power to maintain her imprisonment, but it's a small price to pay to keep her a secret and avoid awkward conversations, such as "what world will we ravage next?" and "why didn't you tell us we have a sister?"

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I started anew; fresh, with a son. And though I told Hela I no longer wished to fight wars or commit genocide, old patterns oft maintain themselves. Jotunheim began an ice age on Midgard, and it was a perfect excuse to put the Frost Giants in their place.

What's more, I obtained a tiny baby icicle to take home as a little brother for Thor. My new eldest was very young, so we told him all babies come from Jotunheim. I don't believe we ever got around to correcting that story...

As is custom, Frigga and I had received the birth and anointing announcements for Laufey's son. Thus, having slaughtered the child's mother and left his father dying in ruins of what had been a grand castle but days before, I decided to keep the child's name.

This served two purposes: I didn't have to come up with another name, and when I needed a bargaining chip in the future, Laufey would recognize it as his child, despite Loki's Asgardian appearance.

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When raising children together, one must always choose a favorite. For me, Thor was the obvious choice; he wasn't adopted or a monster.

A king must ensure not just his children, but all his subjects know which is the better child. Then courtiers might know one child is greater in every way; that despite brutish, stubborn incompetence, he deserves to inherit the throne, whatever the cost to the realm.

One may even do this subtly, by having the favorite child served first at dinner, always giving them better toys, or in the way they speak to their children.

Try these examples:

"Only one of you can ascend to the throne, but both of you were born to be kings." Simply growling when the lesser child tries to speak. Avoiding sleep until your adopted child has an exestential crisis, then choosing that very moment to take a nap. Remember, awkward conversations with children should be avoided at all costs. Putting a spell on a hammer in front of your adopted child, ensurring only people you consider worthy can pick it up. Your adopted child, by default, will never be worthy.

Each of these examples instills your favoritism, while simotaneously suggesting that you're simply parenting and governing, in a fair and reasonable manner.

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[galaxythreads]

Lol, I've been on tumblr for 2 years, almost 3, and this is the first time I've ever been tagged for my opinion on something that I can recall. Thanks! It was actually kinda flattering. Also you opened pandoras box and I'm prone to long, rambling metas so brace yourself. Here we go.

LE (long) RANT ABOUT MALEKITH:

*cracks knuckles* One of the big things that TDW is accused of is that it has jokes for a plot and that Malekith is the most forgettable, useless villain in the entirety of MCU. I don't agree with the first point, but I do the second. I also recognize that TDW is like...sacred text to some of the fandom, so I'm going to try and tread my criticisms lightly, but!

The Dark World DOES have story problems and one of the huge ones IS Malekith. You ask the average viewer and they will not be able to tell you his name. He's not like Red Skull, the Ten Rings, Thanos, etc. You ask the average WRITER viewer what Malekith's motivation/goal in the story is and their answer will range from "WELL i have a theory about xyz" or "idk girl, he's just there as a plot device."

Is that bad? Not necessarily. Sometimes villains are just there to be a plot device that drives the story and that's fine. But the thing is, those villains are not always memorable. Jim Moriarty in BBC Sherlock just exists as a plot device, he's not really a person, but he works fine and is one of the most memorable villains in BBC television. In contrast to the villain of Justice League 2017 (Steppenwolf? you guys I've seen this movie like 10+ times how do I not know this) whose villain is ALSO just a plot device and was handled horribly. No one remembers his name or even basic details about him.

So the thing is - it must NOT be the fact that the villain is just a plot device that breaks or makes a movie/tv series, right?

Right.

So what is the difference between the two? How personal they are to the main character.

Moriarty is obsessed with Sherlock. He gets Sherlock's brother to tell him his life story, and he sets up cases for Sherlock to solve, Moriarty was the only villain in the entirety of BBC that worked with Sherlock and it got so bad that the writers brought him back from the dead not once, but twice! (three times? It's been a second since I saw the show). Moriarty is a parallel character to Sherlock. Moriarty matters to Sherlock. He threatens the people that Sherlock loves, he forces Sherlock to leave London, he is the driving force of plot for four seasons. Yes, BBC Sherlock hates you, but the Moriarty/Sherlock thing - it worked. It worked well. And it was because of that personability.

This is Moriarty's desire ^. This has to do with Sherlock. Moriarty is not a person outside of being evil, but not every villain is meant to be sympathetic. Sometimes they are literally just a narrative device that helps tell the story.

Unlike Justice League where NO ONE cares about the villain, nor could they name him. The villain doesn't care about the League specifically, he's just........there. Like opposition for him to make go away. He and Wonder Woman sort of have a history because her sisters were killed, but also not...? Steppenwolf doesn't matter to the main characters because the main characters don't matter to Steppenwolf. He is a bad villain because NOBODY CARES, OKAY! He could be replaced with a generally evil piece of bread and the narrative would be EXACTLY the same. That is when you have a bad villain. When they are so obviously a plot device that it hurts to see them on screen.

So the reason I'm bringing this up is because this is a concept that all audiences recognize intuitively and they know. They hate non-connected villains and Never assume they can't tell when the villain is connected. They know. You know. Everyone knows, even though this is not something most people can put into words off the top of their head. When an audience in general hates a movie and can't pinpoint WHY, this is usually on that list somewhere: disconnected villain.

Malekith is TDW's Steppenwolf. He does not matter to the story. He could be replaced with an evil piece of bread. He does not matter to Thor and Loki, and Thor and Loki do not matter to him. They are obstacles to bump over. In the released version, Frigga's death wasn't personal to him, Malekith just killed her for the...shock value, I guess? her death felt so random.

THE SCENE:

In this version, Frigga's death was not random, Malekith is given depth in a few short lines of dialog, and gets reattached to the narrative in a way that the original fails to.

MALEKITH: Revenge? Do you truly believe that I care about Asgard? ODIN: Twas my father that put an end to your kind. MALEKITH: Is that what he told you? MALEKITH (referring to Frigga): ... you must ask yourself, as I did once, what are you prepared to sacrifice for what you believe?

Now, instead of canon we have this:

Malekith kills Frigga to punish Odin, not just to punish her for not telling him (which was not the best move, my guy, she is literally the only person with the information you need)

The Dark Elves were NOT killed off by Asgard (so what happened instead???)

Thor watched Odin let Frigga die. In order for him to have come bursting in there the way he did, he has to have heard Malekith tell Kurse to kill Frigga and watched Odin surrender

Frigga begs Odin to kill all of them so that way Asgard will be safe and instead Odin surrenders and she dies anyway. The guilt of this would make Odin's behavior in the rest of the movie make more sense because HE was the one who LET FRIGGA DIE

Malekith doesn't care about revenge on Asgard. This isn't about Asgard.

Malekith doesn't know who Odin is, or Frigga, which means that when Bor fought the war with the Dark Elves, Odin was a young child or not born yet because he wasn't there

Why did Asgard take the Aether? What is the Aether?

What does Malekith believe using the reality stone to turn the universe into eternal night will do? What is he personally sacrificing to achieve that? did he already sacrifice it?

Malekith's story becomes a lot more interesting and his relationship with the main characters gets more depth because of what this does to Odin and Thor. Odin let Frigga die, Thor knows that and it splits their family permanently so Thor goes to Loki for solace because Loki already sees Odin for what he is and now Thor does too. If the rest of the movie was kept the way it was, Malekith's quest for the Aether still wouldn't have made a whole lot of sense, but it would be more interesting. The problem we still face with Malekith is that Thor and Loki don't matter to Malekith. It's gotta be both ways. Villain matters to hero, hero matters to villain otherwise it feels like it's two separate stories co-existing. That's the huge chunk of the plot that we don't have that really makes this movie Meh to most people.

I think this scene adds a lot of depth to Malekith's character and that helps with him a lot, but it still wouldn't fix the major problem with TDW. There's a lot of confusion about what it is that Malekith wants in TDW. What's his goal? What does the Aether do for him personally? Malekith has so many unanswered questions and this scene HINTS at answers, it actually gives you SOMETHING!! This is good!! in the actual cut, Malekith is a bad plot device. This is bad!! He is not interesting. To put this into perspective for you - How many fics have you've read that explore the Dark Elves in more detail or include Malekith in a meaningful way? I've read 0, and only seen like 2? Nobody cares about Malekith or the Dark Elves because TDW never gave you a REASON to care about the Dark Elves. The movie is literally called The Dark World and guess what we do not learn anything about???? The dark world.

Tl;dr: I like this scene a lot more because it adds depth to Malekith's fumbling character and I like the darkness it would have added to the movie. Odin chose to let Frigga die even though Frigga begged him to take them all out and it would have completely destroyed Odin emotionally in a way the original cut fails to. The implications if this had been canon are...not great for their family, but fun to think about. + literally NO ONE would say that Loki killed his mom. Everyone would blame Odin.

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And before I get comments about this - recognizing that the dark world has flaws doesn't mean I hate the movie. There is a reason it didn't land right with most people and while a lot of the criticism wasn't justified and the memefication is irritating, I think that people we SHOULD trust to have the most thoughtful critique of movies/tv are the people who either a) love the source material or b) are fans of the movie. They recognize the passion put into the project and aren't making fun of it to make fun of it, and that helps a lot.

Thor: The Dark World - Deleted Scene, Alternate Frigga Death

Let's talk about this scene. What did Malekith mean by "is that what he told you?" talking about Bor. Is there another truth to the story the previous king told his son?

Why did Odin not fire at them? Gungnir does have the power to kill with one charge. I hated how Frigga KNEW he was going to sacrifice her to protect the Aether. (and still tried to get him to free her :'(

Had he held them up for a few seconds longer, Thor would have had the time to strike properly.

I still wish they would have shot the scene as mentioned in this post.

What do we think? I'd love to hear your guys' opinions on this one if you have any.

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[shambelle97]

GOODBYE, MOTHER - LOKI FAN COMIC (2023)

He deserves to say goodbye. 💚

Art by: raychelwho

[taw-k]

MORE home videos of Thor and Loki

Thor pointing to a herd of cattle and saying "horsies!" in the tiniest cutest voice.

Thor decorating Loki with bubbles in a bubble bath, Loki is perplexed by the bubble tower on his head.

Thor happily exclaims how he lost another tooth after running into a pole while little Loki stares in horror and hides behind Frigga while telling him to "put it back!"

Thor and Loki forced to apologise and hug reluctantly after a fight before they're later filmed huddled up together with a big book in their lap, at peace.

Thor waving his trophy and celebrating after winning his first match of that ball game we saw in a deleted scene (btw I wonder how that would be played?)

Baby Loki bouncing with joy in frigga's baby carrier strapped to her chest watching Thor come home from a long camping trip.

Loki crying while trying to catch the baby goats at a small farm (he wants to pet them). Eventually he gives up and one comes up to him and sits in his lap. He's overjoyed.

Thor and Loki picking out their first goats. Thor goes for the one that Frigga just recorded headbutting a wooden post for no reason and Loki's seen trying to sneak the runt out after hearing that it might not survive. "It's the littlest so it needs the most love!" He exclaims through tears.

Little Loki formally greeting every animal he sees with an attempted handshake because he sees the councilmen and others do it so often. (And his plushies)

Loki at his first play crying his eyes out during the sad part until he's handed to Thor who tells him it's not real

Frigga knowingly walking in on Thor making angels on a crimson rug in his room. His hair is as spiked and poofy as it can get before he touches something metal and giggles to himself before going back for more static electricity. (It doesn't hurt him)

Baby Loki trying a sweet Asgardian fruit for the first time, taking a moment to smack his lips loudly while dribble covers his face, before hastily reaching for the slice again with nothing but NEED in his eyes.

Thor gnawing at the giant bird leg that's bigger than his arm, trying to be like the other warriors.

Loki after finding out his mothers name isn't "mother", cheekily hiding behind a door before calling her what comes out as"Figga" knowing she doesn't like it and running away as soon and as fast as he can.

Thor pushing Loki around the palace in a makeshift wooden wheelbarrow trying to escape the guards that have been placed to watch him after previous "incidents"

Loki sprinting away from Frigga in one of her scarfs wrapped around him like a dress

Thor on Odin's lap shushing everyone dramatically with his finger to his lips

Thor excitedly running from the waterslide he just went on while Loki comes screaming and crying to Frigga.

More?

[mobunnyuwu]

This photo is so cute. It's in Loki's room in Marvel Rivals. I forgot to take a picture when I played beta, lol, but look at them.

[beheworthy]

Thor & Frigga + hugs

I realized she's the only one he's ever shown hugging (:

[hawkeyecaroldanvers]

*The 11 characters with the most screen time are listed

[live-to-see-another-death]

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[theviewer]

It's funny how Loki left Odin in a nursing home. Partly he didn't want to take care of him and he put a spell on him so he wouldn't run away, but on the other hand he knew how to find a place where they would take care of his elderly father. Loki, despite being a villain, is quite considerate towards other people.

[greenwitchcrafts]

Did a little altar refresh with some offerings & it looks so good 🥺

[crimefightingcutie]

Thor and Frigga finding out where Loki is currently after S2 EP6

[abby118]

I guess everybody's got a favourite parent

[lokijiro]

There’s nothing that stands in the way of Loki and Sigyn getting married. . . except for the fact that Thor is unmarried, and Odin and Frigga agree that Loki should not get married before his elder brother does.

So Loki schemes to put Sif in Thor’s bed.

[reallyunluckyrunaway]

Frigga is a single mother as far as I'm concerned—

[worstloki]

AU where Loki doesn’t interfere with Thor’s banishment at all and it takes Thor years to prove himself worthy and when he returns to Asgard everything is just. The same. Nothing seems to have changed at all and everyone greets him like his absence was a minor obstacle that didn’t fundamentally change Thor and the worst part is Loki stepped down from the place as regent without any delay and Thor can’t help but feel there’s something underlaying the way his brother looks at him now and won’t let him touch him and Thor doesn’t know what he could have missed because he doesn’t think he would have found anything wrong with the things around him and how everyone behaves if he hadn’t spent time on Earth reflecting.

[velvet4510]

The implications of Rio Vidal/Death’s introduction to the MCU are enormous.

Now we know in retrospect that every single MCU character who has ever died was escorted onward by her.

So it’s not just Nicky, Sharon, Alice, and Lilia.

Abraham Erskine, Meredith Quill, Ho Yinsen, Phil Coulson, Frigga, Pietro Maximoff, Peggy Carter, T’Chaka, Odin, Hela, Erik Killmonger, Heimdall, OG!Loki, OG!Gamora, Thanos, Natasha Romanoff, Tony Stark, Aunt May, Jane Foster, T’Challa, Ramonda, Maria Hill … all of them saw her when their time came.

And it makes sense that Marc Spector & Steven Grant never saw her, because it was not their time yet and she knew they’d be sent back.