#odin is having a mental breakdown

[colifower]

Still thinking of that thor is the jotun one au.

Odin is having A Manly Mental Breakdown™ about lokis death. Hes being suuuuuper paranoid about his special weapons (and weapons in general) and how theyve gotta hide them bc what if thor or frigga touch them and instadie too??

The w3 will stage treason bc their king is trying to get rid of their military **while on the brink of war**

Frigga somehow convinces Odin to give back the casket. Odin just. He feels soo guilty about lokis death that actually invites laufey to sign the peace treaty & get the casket back. War prevented 👍 except... Laufeys oldest has stayed bc he wants to be a protocol instructor and what better chance to be well off than work on the aesir-jotun relationships? Welp he kind of notices the MASSIVE commotion that is lokis funeral. And tells on his dad. Jotunheim declares war.

Meanwhile thor is having A Mental Breakdown too :D since he has no powers he looks like a jotun. He does get found by jane and co and they keep him at their place bc wtf thats an alien they are smart enough not to put them through the medical system and get him got by the government.

Somehow he is convinced he needs to seduce jane w his "new body" (not really, hes just too self concious about it -always has been- and has watched beauty and the beast back on asgard and thinks it is a valid reason "to break the spell" -there is no spell-). He learns of his hammer over the local radio/podcast/tv and thinks his hammer will "break the curse" (it does not)

The us gov is already onto him bc they live in a fucking desert, how come jane&co start bulk buying parkas off amazon all of a sudden??

Events of thor happen, but this time is Frigga the one that goes to meet him. She tells him that Odin has died and Loki is king. The jotuns have had him perma-banned from asgard. Thor cries. Frigga disappears. Thor starts getting experimented on the moment she leaves.

W3 are planning to go rescue thor when whoops a full jotun invasion is going on. Odin tries to send them to the dungeons, but since the guards do not have any weapons the w3 kiiiind of get them off quickly.

Frigga tries to stop them through a MASSIVE guilt trip. Bc wow they are kind of actually deserting the army during an actual invasion. Heimdal is here to help tho, so he freezes her over. Turns out heimdal is half jotun. In fact, he is odins half brother on the jotun side. Frigga... Kind of dies? So they gotta keep moving.

They get sent to earth through a cool battle sequence and heimdal fills them in the jotun!Thor situation... Which now they know they HAVE to get in order to calm laufey down (who doesnt know how """his son loki""" has died so he is also kind of grieving his "dead son" yet again)

Now they get into some spy shit. Heimdal is a great help btw he can see where thor is, and he is smart enough to have stolen gungir before leaving asgard. He saw odin having a mental breakdown about the spear and took it after he left.

Idk i am inspired i may write some more in the afternoon 👍

[thefourthnorn]

Just wanna recommend this absolute banger of a fic.

I have always loved the storytelling potential of Asgardian politics that the Thor movies never quite delved into.

This is both an excellent exploration of that and also of Loki's character in a way I find pleasing.

Kudos to the author

"Asgarðian Galðr"

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29072913/chapters/71363868

[nighthagsyndrome]

YOU🫵🫵

How would one(or more) character of each fandom react in the zombie apocalypse? Get specific with it, how long would they survive, what would they struggle with the most, who would they team up with or would they be loners? What would their motivations be: survive, find people they know, find a cure, ect?

TF2, Norse, Marvel, DC

TF2:

Medic would suffer a severe mental breakdown and immediately start harvesting organs. Given he’d only survive a couple months at most, the blutsauger can’t help you too much in the zombie apocalypse. He’d probably do something screwy like collect zombie heads. He’d revive the rest of the mercs but only to use them for protection. His goal would be just to experiment to his hearts content. He’d probably struggle most with trying not to get bit or trying to heal himself from any scratches or bites sustained from his experiments.

Norse:

Odin would go on continuous battles with his armies taking down zombies with einherjar. Given this situation is close enough to Ragnarok, he’d die pretty fast, by the jaws of fenrir but he’d go down swinging. His goal would be to forestall his own death as long as possible, and to take out as many zombies as he could. He’d struggle with his aging body and the loss of Hugin and Munin. If he survived long enough, he’d try and consult mimir during free time. He’d team up with his einherjar and any gods that survived.

DC:

Alfred would hole up in the batcave or some secure base with a shotgun and a small lifetimes supply of crab rangoons and expensive tea (He’s so me fr). He’d probably struggle with losing everyone, and would be more or less waiting out the clock so he doesn’t die by a bite or scratch. He’s just waiting till time collects it’s due. If anyone survived from the batfam, he’d obviously team up with them but this is focusing on just him.

Marvel:

This one’s too hard, there’s too many great options and too much to say. Obviously I’d go with Logan but I don’t have enough energy to say how he’d go alone only to realize how he needs people and struggle with that and all the other details.

[yummygender]

Tears of a Trickster

Sub!TVA Loki x Afab!Dom!Reader

Warning: 18+ sub/dom elements, trauma, slightly out of character (probably)

Please repost if you liked it and spread it around!!

When it came to sex, Loki has always needed it rough, hard, and quick. It did help that you always had the energy that seemed to even out Loki’s chaotic nature, so whenever he had the urges or needs most adults would, you happily obliged and took care of him…but today felt different. After your usual rough session, Loki seemed more…sensitive and emotional. As you began to clean up and remove the strap, he clung to your arm.

“Loki, what’s wrong?”

“…Mommy…”

You smiled softly as you laid down next to him, setting the strap down at the end of the bed.

“Yes baby, Mommy’s here. I’m not going anywhere.”

He wrapped his arms around you as he buried his face in your chest, soft gasps of relief spewing from him as Loki began to cry. It was common knowledge in the TVA that Loki was a traumatized god, but the extent of his trauma was unknown to everyone but you and Loki. Not even Mobius knows just how true his statement of Loki being a ‘scared little boy’ was. Between his treatment at the TVA, his treatment from Odin, and all the bullshit he went through, it amazed you just how Loki was able to simply exist without having a mental breakdown every 20 seconds. It hurt you to see him so upset.

His crying became more and more intense as his entire body began to shake, gripping onto you as he bawled his eyes out. All you could do was hold him in your arms and comfort him…

“Shhh…sh sh sh…I think someone’s experiencing subdrop…”

And he was. Loki’s subdrops we’re horrendous and have only gotten more frequent within the last few days or so. The sight of a god of trickery and mischief sobbing and wailing would normally make anyone uncomfortable or embarrassed, but to you it was normal. You continued to hold him as Loki continued to cry, simply clinging to you like a child as you rubbed his back. It was only until he latched onto your nipple and began to suck, almost as a form of self-soothing.

He was so precious like this. To see his beautiful blue eyes shimmer like stars as his soft pink lips wrapped around your nipple…it both warmed and broke your heart to see such a rare scene. Quite a rare sight, indeed…

“Loki…my sweet little prince…”

He blushed harshly as he began to tear up once more.

“I-I…I feel…”

You gently pulled him away from your chest as you cradled him, his soft sniffles and shaky arms wrapping around your neck as you continued to soothe him.

“I…I feel…small…”

“I know…”

“Super small…”

“Yeah?”

“Mhm…”

He stared up at you with a sense of innocence that he never usually showed. The poor little trickster was so distraught that he stayed quiet. There was a moment of silence before you spoke up.

“Anything else you want to talk about?”

“…”

You two began to sit and snuggle in silence as he stared into your sparkling eyes. It’s quite obvious that Loki was enjoying himself before he began to stare of to space, flashbacks coming to his mind as his thoughts are interrupted by your voice.

"Loki?"

Startled, Loki snaps out of the flashback and looks over at you.

"Loki, is everything okay?"

His face falls as he is once again faced with the reality of his traumas, and he can't bring himself to speak. All he can do is shake his head and look away as you watched. You gently cupped his face as you laid the both of you down on the bed as he grabbed your wrist.

“Loki…”

“Y-yeah?”

“How can I help you feel better?”

“C-cuddle?”

You smiled softly as you gently rubbed his cheek. He’s such a sweet little trickster. Loki clung to you as he took a deep breath, letting his tears fall as he buried his head in your chest. His tears fell harder and harder as he began to slowly snuggled up against your chest. This only made you want to kiss him more and more as he began to coo while you pulled him closer to you.

His cooing was so adorable as you continued to hold him. The cuddling continued as he began to whine and pull away.

“Whaaa!! Owie!!”

You quickly sat up and grabbed the TVA medkit as you examined his body. A few old faded scars and scuffs from battles and childhood. Some innocent and some not so much. The poor god was shivering as he hesitantly let you touch him, gently shivering as he let you hold him and examine his body before noticing a massive bruise on his ankle.

“Honey…what’s this?”

Loki whimpered as he began to tear up.

“I got my foot caught in a trip wire trap while on the field today…”

You noticed his tear-filled eyes as he tried to brush it off as nothing. His pale gentle skin shimmering under the lights as the red and blue bruise on his ankle showed more and more speckles of purple. Such a sight upset you as you began to clean him up and patched up his ankle.

“There we go…don’t worry, I’m here for you.”

Loki panted and whined as his member began to slowly harden as you finished patching him up and kissed his inner thigh. This made you smile as you gently rubbed his belly. He’s such a cutie!

“Y/N…”

“Hmm?”

“Hard…”

“Ah, I see…ok, how about this?”

You gently grabbed his member and jacked him off, earning a small burst of cum and a low groan from Loki while he laid on his back. The poor little god was tired and overwhelmed. You let him go and rubbed his torso as he whimpered.

“Are you ok?”

Loki nodded as he turned to his side and closed his eyes as he dozed off to sleep. Welp, looks like he was done for the night. You smiled softly as you patted his bottom and decided to address his trauma at a later date, not wanting him to hurt himself trying to explain. You smiled softly as you rubbed his back.

“Sleep tight, my little prince.”

And so…the tears of the trickster stopped as a smile grew more pronounced on his face.

[deathmetalunicorn1]

May I ask an extremely less sensitive teen! Reader with the RoR family finally having a mental breakdown, like reader is always extremely logical for their age and unhinged but slowly starts to crumble under mental pressure cause that's exactly why children shouldn't worry about adult matters

-You were considered a bit of an oddball by your family, you were always so levelheaded and calm, always seeming to have everything together.

-Under pressure or stressful situations, usually at school, you were the same, facing everything with levelheaded coolness.

-Many in your large adoptive family admired that about you, seeing that you were always calm, no matter what, but certain members were beginning to see the downside to that.

-Adam was the first one, followed quickly by Odin, when you were balancing school, personal life, and a part-time job, giving most of your paycheck to your ‘parents’. When he asked why you were giving most of your paycheck to them, rather than spending it on things you wanted, you just smiled, “I heard you guys talking about how food cost was rising and it was getting harder to buy certain things.”

-While you were at school, there was a family meeting, discussing what you had told Adam that morning. Nikola looked worried for you, “She shouldn’t be worrying about things like that- we can handle things.”

-Zeus agreed, giving a small nod, “Children shouldn’t have to worry about the problems of adults. Y/N should be out having fun- not worrying about bills.”

-You were surprised when you arrived back home and Odin gave you your money back, putting it back in your hand. You were confused, “But don’t you all need this to help with bills?”

-Odin lifted his hand to your head, ruffling your hair gently, “Don’t worry about it- keep your money for you.”

-Odin wasn’t prepared for you to start crying, you calm façade leaving you as you panicked, “But- but I want to help!” he could easily see what you were trying to do- you were trying to prove to them that you were useful and contributing to the household. With him refusing it, refusing your help, you were taking it that you were a failure, not able to help them.

-Adam was quick to rush to your side when Odin sounded the alarm as you were quickly panicking, panting heavily almost to the point of hyperventilating, trying to plead with them that you could help them.

-Your family was quick to realize how anxious you actually were, always helping others and going above and beyond to help because you wanted to feel useful. You had it in your head that you were only useful if you were helping others, and being unable to help, or others, like your family, rejecting your help, made you panic and feel like a failure.

-Beelzebub ended up having to sedate you, as they weren’t able to calm you down and your family had another, emergency, meeting, that they needed to make sure you weren’t doing things like this to yourself.

-Once you were awake and Kojiro prepared you a mug of hot herbal tea to keep you calm, as you were ready to burst again, your family told you and assured you that you did plenty to help out around the house and that you didn’t need to give them your hard earned money from your part-time job. They would be able to survive without it and it was for you to spend on things you wanted.

-It took a while, a couple of weeks of gentle but firm reassuring from your family to help you relax a bit as well as Odin, Zeus, and Adam telling you to enjoy your youth and not worry about things like bills just yet.

-You were so happy to have such a supportive family in your corner, supporting you just as you support them.

[themculibrary]

Fem!Loki Masterlist

All the love (You should have given) (ao3) - Xenomorphic loki/stephen T, 1k

Summary: They sway along to the rhythm of the sea, of their breaths and hearts, of everything she holds dear, as the sun kisses the horizon and sinks into it, giving way to the night and the stars, the sky mostly clear of clouds.

At the Bar After Midnight (ao3) - LucidDreaming loki/tony G, 3k

Summary: It's the same room where Loki once threw Tony off the balcony. This time they're having a drink and a talk.

Or, this is how Tony learns that Loki has been playing the longest game

date night (ao3) - gayoonmin loki/mobius T, 4k

Summary: When she turns around, Mobius is stood stock-still with his own jacket frozen in his hands, his eyes sweeping over her hungrily. They make eye contact and Mobius comes back to life, groaning as his eyes roll into the back of his head with a whispered, “Baby….”

Loki blows him a kiss, smiling, and turns around again to hang her jacket on the coat rack.

Drunken Princess (ao3) - ChocolateXMyMouth loki/steve, background wanda/natasha G, 6k

Summary: Loki gets really drunk.

She has one of the best nights of her life because of it.

Everybody Loves Lady Loki (ao3) - CeliaEquus G, 1k

Summary: To cheer Thor up during his exile, Loki visits him on Midgard. She has always had a powerful effect on those around her...

Gem Of Yggdrasil (ao3) - EmrysTheMerlin frigga/odin G, 6k

Summary: Loki was the daughter of Asguard, or at least that's what everyone believed, herself included. Frigga had never expected the young girl whom she loved like a true daughter to have powers for such things were rare in the race of her parents, but when she begins to show powers Frigga is delighted, Odin not so much. No longer allowed to leave the palace Loki begins to grow bored and restless as dreams haunt her. But she has not earned the reputation of a trickster for nothing.

Her Hips Like a Pendulum Sway (ao3) - Eternal_Love_Song loki/tony, jane/thor E, 8k

Summary: "She had curves that would make an hourglass jealous, legs a mile long, and long luxurious black hair. He couldn’t see her face, but with proportions like hers, you couldn’t really go wrong."

Tony is very interested in the tall, dark, and curvy woman that keeps appearing out of nowhere to talk to Thor. He was surprised to find that the stranger was Loki. He was less surprised by everything that followed.

(i will always) love you (ao3) - loki1vr loki/tony G, 3k

Summary: There’s someone in the kitchen. A woman, he thinks from their stature. Tony is torn between confronting them and asking Jarvis if they’re a threat, but Jarvis wouldn’t have let a threat in, so he’s at a loss. He feels it’s his only option to say, very intelligently, “Uhm,”

“Who are you?”

The woman turns, then, and Tony is immediately graced with the most beautiful, perfect face in existence. She looks like some sort of deity, and honestly, she could probably pass as Loki, if her eyes somehow happened to be— and then Tony meets her eyes and promptly has a mental breakdown.

OR, Tony’s first time seeing Loki in their female form.

love like you (ao3) - helloilovefanfiction loki/bruce T, 1k

Summary: Loki wakes up feeling decidedly feminine. Normally this wouldn't be a problem.

But now that she's in a relationship with Bruce, she doesn't want to risk him reacting badly to her female form. She doesn't think he will, but she's been wrong about people before.

So, she decides to stay in her male form for the day, hoping that she'll be back to feeling male tomorrow. It's only one day. It should be fine, right?

...right?

Of Childhood and Death (ao3) - ADreamer67 T, 1k

Summary: Raven hair, emerald eyes. Sharp cheekbones, delicate builds.

Two different times, two different Asgards. Two different lives, connected by blood.

Hela didn’t want a child. Loki doesn’t want Hela much, either.

Princess's Tears (ao3) - Windify T, 1k

Summary: It seemed that problems were bound to find her no matter what. But Loki would much rather prefer the taunts and mockery from Asgardiands that she’d run away from than this.

set me any task (ao3) - blindoves loki/mobius E, 4k

Summary: "I have to go. Fieldwork. I laid out your clothes for you."

There's a sweet kiss pressed against his temple, and then her weight lifts off the mattress.

"Be careful," he mumbles blearily, just before the door clicks shut.

His half-sleeping brain keeps replaying her parting words, trying to make sense of them, until last night's conversation finally comes back to him. Right, another Loki conjured up adventure. He looks forward to it.

The Kidnapping of Pepper Potts (ao3) - FrenchKey, JayofOlympus T, 1k

Summary: Loki kidnaps Pepper for a much needed night off.

The Most Wonderful Time (ao3) - BarbaraKaterina loki/tony M, 1k

Summary: Christmas is just this really irritating time when everyone talks about family for Tony, but Christmas parties he can get behind. Especially when there are women like that to be picked up...

The Queen of Spades (ao3) - dante_baby T, 6k

Summary: On one day, somewhere in the 1950s, Loki decided to visit the Earth only to terrorize random casino in Las Vegas.

There's So Much More to Me (ao3) - orphan_account loki/natasha T, 2k

Summary: Loki is very good at matchmaking- all her friends eventually realize her involvement in their relationships, and decide to give her a taste of her own medicine by sending her on a blind date.

Natalia turns out to be a very interesting individual, and she enjoys her company very much.

The Stranger On Saakar (ao3) - Yulicia valkyrie/loki M, 2k

Summary: Brunnhilde had just wanted to drink her fill and watch the Grandmaster's combatants fight for sport. She ends up with quite the pleasant surprise in the form of a strange dark haired lady in green and then her night goes from good to great.

The Young Lady with the Frighteningly Good Aim (ao3) - Evian_99 steve/loki T, 2k

Summary: A tentative courtship begins. There’s a fair, a pink teddy bear and thief. While wandering the fairgrounds, they learn some interesting facts about each other and get up to some mischief.

Or, at least, Loki does. Steve is too much of a goody two-shoes to do so.

When We Had Each Other (ao3) - Another_Freak1258 G, 7k

Summary: Even though Loki had lost her mind, she'd never lose Thor's love.

(Dabbles in Loki's relationship with Thor from the beginning, complete with a soul-crushing ending that really isn't an ending.)

whisper in the dust (ao3) - lavenderism (vorpalinas) loki/stephen G, 2k

Summary: Stephen shouldn't have waited this long before coming back here.

Well, he's here now. That has to serve for something, right?

[bilbotargaryen]

WIP Word Search: Hvitserk, Sweet, Black, Apple lol

Thank youuuu for your ask!! I'll give you two for each! Fortunately I still have that three parter for the first one lying about hold up

Hvitserk:

Can’t you see, brother?, Hvitserk despaired, Can’t you see how broken I am? Shattered between two worlds?

-

They were fixing the fence for two days now and they both knew Hvitserk would be faster on his own.

Sweet:

I wish I could take you with me, Hvitserk thought and placed his hand onto her back, which earned him a sweet look. He could feel their connection, the fire, the love.

-

“Honestly”, he pushed her onto the lift, “Seeing you drowning in your desperation is so sweet, I forgot how your pathetic existence could ever cause trouble in the first place.

Black:

“What does it mean?”, Aegon’s voice was but a raspy whisper as he continued to follow the black lines onto his upper arm.

-

Cat heard a low growl from the hole and slowly walked towards it. Over the edge she could see a huge black wolf, his green glowing eyes stared at Loki who was whimpering next to her.

Apple:

(I could only find one soooo you'll get a whole paragraph for this one)

“Impressive”, Balder leaned against the wall of Odin’s study and seemed generally surprised by her appearance, “I did not expect to ever lay eyes on you again.” “Surprise”, she could feel that she was on the verge of another mental breakdown but she intended to play over it and must have at least partially stuck the landing. “I am first”, he bit off a huge chunk of an apple and pointed with it to the door. “Don’t worry”, Cat passed by and tried to console her growling stomach, “Let him know I’ll have some catching up to do.” “Sure”, he was mocking her, she didn’t care.

I am still not sure if I should tell from where they come but if you want to know let me know xD

In any case I hope I could find some nice quotes for you <33 And thank you again for the ask :D Love such games

Oh and I found nothing for lol :^)

[misterellyott]

I like to listen to Dusty Thunder read AITA stories while I'm at work at night. I do a lot of walking, so I just let my tiktok play with my headphones in. It's that or I watch youtube. A lot of my nightly things I do are boring, tedious and just bland so having this little bit of noise keeps my head in the game and gives me the ability to just keep going even when my brain starts trying to play the, I don't want to do this so I'm not going to do this till it's the very last second and stress myself out.

Anyways, there was a story tonight that was like 'aita for telling my wife that after five years of her mental breakdown and not being employed that I think she needs to get a job.'

Basically, he has been working 80+ hours a week and the wife continued to refuse to get a job or even really help out around the house because of her mental health.

Now don't get me wrong, I very much do believe in mental health issues. I, myself, suffer from many. But, I do understand that eventually when push comes to shove, there has to be a compromise on some part.

My wife and I aren't happy in our living situation. I mean, who can really be happy living in a trailer long term with a 14 year old and 13 pets. It's a lot, and chores often go overlooked and even when chores get done, by the end of the night the tiny home is almost back to the state it was before you even started and the exhaustion of fighting an unending uphill battle just starts to wear on you.

We realize that the amount of pets is ultimately a large part of our issues. But, neither of us is willing to part with them. How do you part with creatures that you whole heartedly love and treat like your children?

We are parents, yes, to a 14 year old and only very briefly thought about adding another human child to our mix. It was very apparent early on in our marriage/relationship that we were not going to be having any more kids. A mutual agreement that is still present at this time.

She turns 34 this year and I turn 32, not overly old, but as a dad who has been caring for a child for the past 14 years and I never really got to be a person of my own. (Yes, I realize that is a choice I made... as a teen... to have a child, and I knew what that would mean, ish. No, I do not regret my son. Yes, I do think and wish I could go back to have waited and had him at an older age, but you can't turn back the clock) That being said, my wife and I are excited that we get to see him grow up and in a few years we get to be our very own people. We will get to be included in whatever wonderful life awaits our son, and at the same time get to have our very own life as well.

That also means, like most people, our pets are our children. We treat them like children, we care for them like children (as much as you can a non-human creature). We feed them the best foods, we give them treats, toys, dog park, walks, trips outside (for our ferrets who love being in the grass and exploring), etc.

It also means expensive as HELL vet bills. Odin alone was one of our most expensive pets as he had a very serious illness that eventually led us to having to let him go this past May.

But again, I look at all their little tiny faces and I think what would life be like without them? Sure, there are some positives. We could go on vacation without wondering or trying to save up for whatever we need to do with them while we are gone. We could leave the house for long periods of time without having to crate them, Luna and Indi absolutely WRECK the house if we don't.

But, what would coming home be like? Not to see their beautiful faces greeting me, not to get their wonderful kisses and loves and cuddles.

Anyways, I'm getting away with the reason for this long as post.

I'm EXHAUSTED. I can't say it enough. My body is breaking down, I'm running on empty. I'm struggling to pull out all the stops just to make it through another day.

I'm sick again, for the second time in less than a week. I can feel the burn in the back of my throat and the way my breathing is getting all ragged.

We started getting a little spend happy again, and we gotta nip that back in the bud so we can get back on track for paying things off so that maybe, just maybe I can go down in hours.

I know my wife is exhausted working almost 50 hours a week and being the primary care of our home. And I try my hardest to make sure I do as many chores as I can, feed the pets, change the puppy pads, make sure everyone has water, pick up and tidy anytime I find things out of place, etc. But, I have no energy whatsoever to actually clean clean anything.

I'm working well over 70 hours a week and I have little to no time at home and what time I do have at home, I find it so draining to do anything other than lay in bed watching youtube or sleeping.

My son keeps bugging me to play video games with him, but the moment I sit down on my bed and grab my controller, I'm already tired and ready to just curl up under the blankets.

I try to offer to have him come and do things with me, chores like walking the dogs or taking them to the dog park, so we can at least see each other for a while, but he is 14, and those things a boring.

I've been making sure that I always tell him goodbye and tell him I love him when I'm leaving, etc, to at least let him know I'm thinking about him, but I know he just wants my attention and I'm trying so hard but I'm so burnt out that even just five minutes of a video game and I'm spent and just want to sleep.

My wife is constantly upset as well because we don't see each other like we used to. And I totally get that. She often gets upset when I don't want to go to the dog park on days where she can take them, cause I want more sleep. Or when I don't want to stay up to do laundry, but she won't do it later when I wake up cause she wants it done early in the day.

We all have right to feel the way we are feeling, but I think we are all not taking into consideration each others levels of 'can' right now.

I want to be able to just shoulder everything and be able to do all of it and still be happy and healthy. But, at the end of the day, I'm already collapsing under everything and I just hurt all the time and it sucks.

I don't really have much to look forward to most days. As of this week, we finally worked our schedules out so that I have one day off a week instead of working 7 days a week. But, that still leaves me working both jobs three days a week and one or the other job three days a week.

I need a vacation, but we can't afford for me to take any time off work. Not even with the laundry list of medical issues I need to have attended to.

I have a broken tooth that needs extracted, I have a large hernia in the upper portion of my stomach that's expanding up my ribs and causing mild to severe discomfort most days, I have blood in my stool, I have some sort of head condition that without my prescription that I'm currently on lands me laid up in bed begging for death and I still have several months to go before the first open appointment in December for it, my constant heartburn is getting worse and I feel like I'm always nauseous. My foot has mostly gotten used to the broken bone shard that is floating around near the front of my right foot, but occasionally I step down wrong and my whole day is ruined. In a nut shell, my check engine light has been on so long it's begun to blink rapidly and I know I need to go in but I can't find the motivation to actually do anything about most my issues because it requires being awake during normal people hours (one of my jobs is a full time overnight position), it requires me making phone calls (my absolute worst nightmare), and it requires me actually having to make and keep appointments (my adhd's worst nightmare).

If we had a better place to live, I honestly think a lot of our issues wouldn't be so bad. But, the trailer is slowly falling apart due to use, and we don't have the funds to repair it while still paying off debt.

We have no family, no friends to fall back on. No one we could move in with, or rent a place with. Our credit is shit, and we are absolutely exhausted living like this and yet, until our debt is paid and we can save and somehow magically find a place that allows ferrets, we are stuck living like this.

And still in, I don't want to give up our ferrets for a house. I keep holding on to hope that one of these days we will find someone a co-sign a house with, or rent with, or something amazing like some of the crazy fun amazing stories you see on tiktok and youtube and blah blah blah.

I often think about buying small amounts into the lottery to even see if we could get just a little lucky with like a thousand dollars or something, but then I can't even think about wasting the few dollars for that but then turn around and drop thirty bucks on fast food.

And there in is another problem. Unhappy, exhausted, tired, I'm turning to food again for comfort and I'm gaining weight, and I'm even more unhappy with myself.

Why can't this be easy? Why does working with such severe mental illnesses have to be so damn hard? Why does my brain work this way? Why can't I just be a normal person and just get through my day without wallowing, without thinking about every little thing we could possibly do to try and penny pinch to pay down our debts just a little bit faster and then end up fucking that up by buying something expensive to try and make myself feel better? (Food, I'm really just talking about the fast food / coffee / etc)

I won't spend 20-40 dollars on a video game, so why am I buying so much fast food for our family? Snacks? Chips? Ice Cream?

In Sept, things have got to change. And I just don't know what we can change or do different to help lift us up and change our currently negative, tired, outlook.

[omgselinabeckendorf]

YES I LOVE THESE QUESTIONS

Okay so immediately the entire thing is a question of Fate versus Free Will in the context of Loki and where he is in the story: fresh out of defeat by the Avengers, having been Norns know where the last year or two. Was it Fate that brought him there, a universe so unwilling to let him die when he let go into the void? Or was it that he didn't want to die just yet, and so did as he's always known: create his own path?

It ends with the message that it was both. Fate and Free Will are not rivals to be pitted against each other. They are siblings meant to work together in building this elaborate tapestry sentient beings know as the universe. The discovery of this relationship parallels both Loki's relationship with Thor (as it is a relationship that is just as important to him narratively as Odin) and his relationship with himself in rediscovering he does not have to be the black to Thor's white, and it is in fact antithetical for him to only be the black to Thor's white.

(I'm putting the rest under the cut cause Goddamn I Yap lmao)

I would stay with the TVA for the overall setting/antagonist. The concept of it is fascinating from a story point of view and goes directly with what Loki had been preaching in The Avengers: that freedom is life's greatest lie. And I think he would admire the tenacity. The efficiency, the speed at which they go about their business. Until it goes badly for him. Because the TVA does not align with Loki, it aligns with the Time Keepers. And we have to remember that Loki is selfish, especially now in the midst of an emotional breakdown and existential crisis combo that's been prolonged for much longer than is healthy.

The TVA is going to act not as a breaking point, but as a breaking out point. It gives Loki the strength to break out of this vicious cycle of spiraling thoughts and warped memories he's found himself in and gets him on the journey to rediscovering himself that killing Laufey and destroying Jotunheim for Odin to reaffirm he is Odin's Son simply could not.

Mobius is the catalyst of him being able to break out of it, and for that Loki will come to be grateful, and from that moment of genuine kindness from a force meant to oppose him (after being betrayed by everyone he was supposed to trust in Asgard), a proper friendship is going to bloom. There's not gonna be any romance. Loki is not in the mental place for that, and as much as I love a good romance, it takes away from the point of this story in particular.

I actually really liked Sylvie's story in the show. Hated the "romance" with Loki (again, did not think romance would benefit this story), but I really enjoyed her overarching story in season 1. So I'm gonna take it a step farther: Sylvie is a mirror to what Loki could be if he utterly forgets himself. Sylvie is a fucking tragedy who was never given the chance to be anything but. Loki has the chance to forge a happy ending for himself, and he is going to take Sylvie by the hand (as she kicks and screams for the fucking life of her) and show her that they not only deserve a happy ending but are fully capable of it. Loki and Sylvie do not have to be one specific way because they are the personifications of chaos. Since when is chaos ever linear? Since when is it only destructive?

(As a side note: Loki's gender fluidity and bisexuality would be properly addressed. They're not easter eggs, they are central parts to his identity because they are of him and they play a role in how he experiences and presents himself in the world. And I think it could be cool on a symbolism level if Sylvie in particular forced herself into this feminine-presenting form, but as she rediscovers herself, she starts to take on that fluidness of her gender identity as a kind of metaphor for stuffing yourself into a box and neglecting who you truly are because you haven't felt safe enough to and getting to find out who you truly are once you are safe enough to. And Loki would go through similar visual symbolism, just on a less drastic scale than Sylvie.)

Overall. The story would not be about Loki "redeeming" himself and saving the multiverse by ending up on a throne he never wanted, all alone after finally having friends of his own. The story would be about Loki rediscovering himself and finding friends who like who he is and would set him up for further adventures and storylines of potentially reuniting with his family (whom he loves so goddamn much) and essentially getting to start over out of Thor's shadow. He would not be Loki, Brother of Thor, Prince of Asgard, Rightful King of Jotunheim. He would be Loki, who happens to be a friend, a sibling, a daughter and son and child.

He is Loki first and foremost.

If you yourself could’ve directed/wrote the Loki series, what would you have done differently? What would you have wanted to see in a series about Loki? What would you have focused on? Would the series take place somewhere other than the TVA? Which characters would you include? What would be the end goal? What aspects of his character would be explored?

[worstloki]

AU where odin says that loki is a laufeyson and he comes to the completely logical conclusion that odin and laufey were married at some point

[ars0nism]

i think even knowledge gods hate modern school. why not. i think they would want us to enjoy learning, to connect with them through our studies rather than have mental breakdowns over schoolwork. you cry over your homework and get so stressed you have no time to study the things that you want to study. 

learning is fun. they would want you to know that, i think. 

[deathmetalunicorn1]

ヾ(•ω•`)o

Can you ask for something NSFW from 'Wolf Child'? In the scene, Thor invited the Vanir girl to a party in Valhalla a few days, and she agreed to go. But she would take a pair of her wolves. Thor and the Vanir woman are already in a relationship, but no one knew about it so many were surprised, especially Loki, Aphrodite and some of the Valkyries (Loki and Aphrodite just want to gossip). Odin already knew it before his son confessed it to him. (Forseti is in a corner having a mental breakdown not knowing this from his greatest hero) At first everything was calm, the Vanir is happy living with gods as with human participants in Ragnarok. Her (she beat Raiden in a wrestling match, and told how she had to tire the millennial deer in a race since she had no weapons and needed the animal alive) But Thor began to see the undignified looks of the lesser gods, while y/n began to notice the not-so-disguised whispers of the various female deities criticizing their braided hair or their beads in their hair and woven string necklaces, or his muted-toned clothes that he wears to hunt in Vanaheim. Y/N tries to ignore him but his instincts tell him to back off, and he does. Thor then goes to her and tries to calm her down, but she tells him that Odin's son should be with someone less wild. So Thor decides it's better to show her how she makes him so happy to be by her side, as well as leaving other men a warning. It should be said that she and/or she is a virgin since helping her father with the hunt does not leave much time for such things.

Hello dear Anon, I apologize that this request isn't spicy like you requested. It didn't flow for me in the way that some of my other spicy works have. I do hope that you like what I have written.

-The gossip that went around Valhalla was like an unstoppable tidal wave when you walked in, holding Thor’s arm to the Summer Solstice Ball held in the Norse pantheon.

-Everyone was gawking except for Odin, who knew of and approved of the relationship as Odin knew that you were a powerful warrior as well as an honorable maiden, as he had seen you honor your father before you came to the ball with Thor, leaving mead at his grave.

-You were flanked by two wolves, your largest, the parents of the other wolves that you called your pack, your family.

-Forseti and Loki were both gawking, seeing you with Thor, they had no idea that he was courting you, beside themselves in anguish; Forseti because he didn’t know this about his Lord Thor, and Loki because he could have been teasing the thunder god for who knows how long!!

-You were welcomed warmly by the humans who were in attendance, Lu Bu and Raiden could both easily tell that you were strong, despite being a petite little maiden and Thor could only stare with pride and amusement as you had easily taken down Raiden in a wrestling match, making it look easy.

-Odin himself spoke with you, shocking many who had not seen you as worthy to be here, seeing you only as a forest woman.

-Odin inquired about how you had caught the deer you brought to him, the deer still alive, now living peacefully and in luxury in Valhalla.

-You told your tale, approaching the creature with no weapons, your wolves remaining back, challenging it to a race and that if you won, it would go with you quietly and it had won, it would have made its own request of you.

-Odin and many others were impressed with your skills, as you had proven yourself by bringing the deer to Odin.

-Thor was relaxed, seeing you speaking with his father, the two of you conversing warmly, but he began to see other goddesses looking over at you with cruel eyes, whispering behind their hands.

-He wandered around, listening closely to these catty gods, speaking of your leathers, as you were wearing browns and greens, colors that helped you move through the forest you called home, the beads and braids in your hair, symbols of pride that you have earned over the years, the scars on your arms and a few on your face, trophies that someone else, warrior or creature, had earned, and the one that made his blood boil, that you didn’t deserve to be with Thor.

-The mug in his hand immediately shattered and eyes quickly turned, seeing Thor there, staring down at them in fury, instantly shutting up.

-Aphrodite couldn’t help but coo, thinking his reaction was cute, seeing him so angry about those speaking poorly about you.

-You had looked over and your eyes fell only slightly, as you had been hearing the cruel words for most of the night, as your hearing was very sharp, having grown up in the dense forest, you honed your senses.

-You felt embarrassed that Thor had heard their words as well and got angry over it.

-Odin left to speak with Zeus and you stood, your wolves perking up and they were quickly by your side so you could slip away.

-Despite being happy to be at this party with Thor, as you had been enjoying yourself, you felt a bit uneasy, being around so many people at once, people with poisoned tongues.

-You didn’t get far, slipping out a side door, “Y/N?” you turned, seeing Thor coming after you, he saw your shoulders relax but you didn’t meet his eyes, looking almost hesitant as he approached.

-He said nothing, grabbing you by your hips and threw you over his shoulder, a small yelp leaving you before he looked at your wolves, their tails wagging, “Go back and enjoy the party. We’re going to be busy.” They trotted off, leaving the two of you alone before he turned and headed down the hall, heading to his private quarters.

-You propped yourself up on his shoulders, “Thor, put me down.” He refused, giving your ass a firm swat when you tried to wiggle out of his grasp, “You’re not leaving, Y/N. We have something to discuss.”

-His words confused you, only slightly as he opened the door to his private quarters, locking it shut behind him before he threw you onto his bed.

-He was quick to kneel before the bed as you sat up, looking up at you as you moved to your knees, “Y/N, I-” you cut him off, your confidence gone as you felt a bit ashamed, “Are you okay… okay with someone like me?”

-He frowned, hearing your words before he reached up, brushing your hair out of your face, “There’s no one else I would want by my side, Y/N. You are everything to me.”

-Your eyes were wide at his words, his hand moving to cup your cheek gently, as you softened, your hand coming to hold his hand to your cheek, turning your head to peck his palm softly.

-Thor then stood, looming over you, a fire in his eyes, “I need to prove to all those who doubted you that you do belong with me.”

-He couldn’t help the smile as your whole head seemed to flush, starting from your neck, rising up to the top of your head, steam coming from it before he was quick to descend upon you.

-Thor carried you back to the party two hours later, as your legs were too shaky to walk, making him feel like a peacock.

-Aphrodite and Loki were holding their cheeks, gushing as they saw the kiss marks covering your neck and chest that wasn’t covered by your dress, similar marks on Thor as well.

-People burned with jealousy at the both of you, seeing the remnants of your passion.

-Odin rolled his one eye, knowing what Thor had done as you fetched your wolves and the two of you decided to return to your home for more privacy for certain activities.

[iamnmbr3]

Um...why did Loki (in Thor 2011) lie to Thor that Odin was dead?

well. like most things to do with Loki. it’s complicated. I think there are a lot of different and contradictory things going on in that scene (bc Loki is a very complex character and there are also a lot of different and contradictory things going on in Loki!)

by that point in the movie Loki’s plans have completely gone off the rail. he never intended to end up on the throne and hoped his actions would avert a war. instead a war has now been started and he is on the throne. and on top of that he’s having a suicidal mental breakdown because he’s just learned that he’s Jotun. so he’s not exactly in the best place by the time this scene takes place.

first of all, he wants to get Thor out of the way so that Loki can fix the mess that they are in (a mess that he doubtlessly feels tremendous guilt and self hatred over esp now that he knows his true heritage; he must fear that something in his nature made him reluctant to fight the Jotnar in war and made him want to ally with them, if only temporarily, and so he’s probably overcorrecting in the other direction to prove himself a “good Asgardian). He wants to give Thor some reason for being left on earth.

And I think he genuinely believes that if Thor knew the truth he would not accept Loki as king until Odin wakes up and would not follow him. this adds to the tragedy because Thor actually is the only person to immediately accept Loki’s authority as king. After Loki has lied to him Thor only asks him for permission to come home and makes no claim on the throne and doesn’t suggest at all that he thinks Loki is unworthy of ruling. So actually if Loki HAD brought Thor home Thor would have probably bolstered his rule and his authority and Sif & the Warriors 3 would have had no excuse to commit treason. Unfortunately by the time this becomes clear Loki has already lied to Thor and it’s too late.

Furthermore, Loki has been lied to and rejected and I think he wants to lash out and make Thor feel that way. Perhaps a part of him wants Thor to feel what he has felt. He wants Thor to feel guilt and failure and abandonment and that his family has turned away from him. When really this is what Loki is experiencing. I believe it never even occurred to Loki that Thor would not be disgusted once he learned the truth of Loki’s heritage and turn away from him forever. 

But as we can see Loki doesn’t look gleeful or happy in that scene so it’s not like he’s just evily going down there to torment Thor for kicks. He doesn’t enjoy seeing Thor like that. Maybe part of him wants to tell Thor how he’s feeling and can’t. Once again, tragic because actually we know Thor wouldn’t have turned away from him. And of course Loki probably feels especially unhappy in the end when he realizes that Thor accepts his authority and might have supported him if he just told him he is king now because Odin is in the Odinsleep.

(And btw I do wonder if Loki also came down just to say goodbye because he might already have been considering suicide. Or assumed that once Thor learned the truth he would hunt Loki down and kill him. So it’s their last chance to interact as brothers.)

[thelightofthingshopedfor]

not people on Reddit being wrong about Loki again

“I'm pointing out exactly what happened on the screen and what was explicitly stated by reliable narrators” please tell us who you consider to be reliable narrators. please. because you’re obviously considering Mobius as one of those reliable narrators and that’s hilarious for like 50 reasons so who else is on that list? anyone else from the TVA, who has a huge agenda? Odin, who lied to Loki from birth about his origin and literal species, and oh by the way lied to everybody about the entire existence of another child and also his own entire personality and warmongering ways for the first, I don’t know, two-thirds of his own life? Thor, who was also lied to about everything Loki was lied to but somehow remained a lot less suspicious about all of it and kept coming back to “wow gosh Odin ur so wise” even when repeatedly confronted with evidence of Odin actually being kind of awful? Thor’s friends, who also believed all of Odin’s lies but were pretty clearly Thor’s friends anyway and not Loki’s, and therefore biased? Frigga, who was complicit in all the lying? ...I don’t know, fucking Thanos, who’s literally the least reliable narrator I can imagine?

“I love the character, but” I dunno, do you though, you’re making an awful lot of assumptions about what he does and doesn’t know, and what he is and isn’t capable of doing, and we don’t actually know...any of that

like I’m not denying that Loki made a lot of bad decisions, particularly in the first Thor movie, but a) he was having a mental breakdown at the time and b) oh my fucking god do not call that interrogation scene a “tough love version of therapy,” fucking do not, it was interrogation and quite frankly psychological torture, Mobius just wanted information, there was no reason for him to care about Loki at that point, come on, all he wanted to do was break Loki down enough to make him useful, how are you not seeing this. how can you possibly accuse other people of, I don’t know, going too easy on Loki and then falling for this therapist interpretation of Mobius?? he’s a cop!! yes he came to care about Loki but in episode 1 he just saw Loki as a potential asset for catching the rogue Loki variant! please be reasonable and watch the interrogation scene with that perspective!

[cosmicjoke]

People have no standards. The whole scene is played off like it's a joke. It's the problem with all things Marvel these days, where the characters aren't allowed to take anything seriously and so it makes it impossible for the audience to take any of it seriously either.

You could link Loki's actions in New York to his experiences in the first Thor film, of course. Loki attempted to kill himself in the first place because of what he felt was Odin's rejection of him and his inability to live up to his father's expectations, which lead directly to him falling into Thanos' clutches. But this series isn't interested in and won't allow any sort of exploration of that. Instead, they have Loki say, very glibly, "Oh, remember that time I was so angry at my father and brother, that I tried to take over New York?". Like it's just some silly little temper tantrum he was throwing with no valid, underlying reason for it other than him being a spoiled brat, and not because he was emotionally and mentally devastated by the revelations of the first Thor film. That's not even taking into account that Loki was confirmed to have been tortured by Thanos leading up to his invasion. Even if you took that highly relevant experience out of the equation, Loki's mental state was hardly what one would call stable or healthy leading up to that, and so saying stupid shit like "he wanted to do it" shows a disgusting disregard for Loki's very real trauma and legitimate grievances and experiences. These things are just ripe for deeper exploration and examination. This whole show could have been a brilliant character study, because Loki is a brilliant and complex character. He wasn't throwing a temper tantrum, like the show is framing it to be, he was having a massive mental and emotional breakdown, exacerbated by his being tortured for who even knows how long.

Are people srsly considering the scene where loki calles the NYC Incident "feelings getting out of hand" as good?

He would never fucking say that, man.

It is canon that he was tortured to do it. He was a whole damn mess during that whole thing and now its played down and straight up denied.

Am I missing something?

[jenkys-hoard]

Hot Fire EMT Odin bc why have a mental breakdown when you can appreciate so.e hot boys 💅