This song gives me a lot of Manannan feels.
Swallowed by a vicious vengeful sea oh ooh oh-oh Darker days are raining over me oh ooh oh-oh In the deepest depths I lost myself oh ooh oh-oh I see myself through someone else
Frigg and Sigyn sitting down around the hearth fire to crochet and gossip
Sol and Idunn giggling in the kitchen baking apple pies decorated with pie crust suns
Freyja and Mordgud working out at the gym together as gal pals do
Sif and Sigyn trading parenting tips over coffee at the local coffee shop
Mordgud dragging Hel to go see the latest nerdy movie trending for an all female cast
Hel and Eir gently comforting Sigyn when time catches up with her and memories weigh her down
Eir making hot tea for all the goddesses for the weekly book club meeting
Frigg redecorating the homes of the other goddesses whenever the mood strikes and they’re willing
Sol and Jord out in the kitchen garden, tending to the herbs and poisons, as they are apt to do
Jord and Mordgud walking late into the twilight just to watch the stars come out and the sky to dance
just goddesses without boundaries doing what they do
highly recommend keeping a small portrait of a historical figure who met a grisly end on your work desk. for perspective.
Rest stops on highways are liminal spaces where the veil is thin and nobody can tell me differently
Power comes with responsibility. The more power a character has, the more they are defined and confined by it. The fewer choices they will have. The easier it is for their actions to have massive, widespread unintended consequences continuously rippling outward. When they make a mistake, they will hurt more people than just themselves. More you have, the more cautious you have to be. The more you have to give up, the more you have to sacrifice, because circumstances outside of your control have decided you will not be like other men/women. That’s just a fact of life. You can say “But I don’t want it”. Well, tough. Suck it up. Deal with it or deal with the consequences.
Michi of howtofightwrite, “Would it be cliche or a poor choice…”
As usual, the mods of howtofightwrite nail the importance of power in character development to the effing wall, paint a gd dartboard on it, and proceed to stick only bullseyes. Hats off to them.
(via writeworld)
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