Yay, Höðr

[allthingsdarkandcold]

Really? You want to drag me out of the peace and darkness of a canceled series and drop me into some game without my family, and you're going to do it from the point where I've just entered into a dysfunctional marriage with Hel.

Brilliant. I hope you're freezing your tits off right about now.

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[demi_mort]

Oh, gross. That was really necessary, thank you.

[allthingsdarkandcold]

It was mostly what defined our marriage. Right up until my mother killed her.

[demi_mort]

[...well. That's...uncomfortable.]

I really shouldn't be surprised Frigg's a frigid bitch in more than one universe.

[allthingsdarkandcold]

Freya, actually. It gets confusing, I know.

I'm Hod. Ull, Bragi, and Odin are my brothers, and Balder is my grandfather. Like I said, if you only know the gods from the old days, it gets weird.

[demi_mort]

[Um.

What.]

...you want to run that by me again?

[allthingsdarkandcold]

We're the mortal incarnations of the gods, reborn generation after generation through the union of a god and goddess. My mother, Freya, had four children, Mike, Anders, me - Ty, and Axl. At 21 we become the living hosts for a god's spirit. Mike is Ull, Anders is Bragi, I'm Hod, and lucky us, Axl is Odin.

[friggmagnet]

What's that supposed to mean, bro?

[allthingsdarkandcold]

If you'd been some other god we wouldn't have to find you a Frigg to avoid death and disaster when you kick it. And you can be kind of a dick when you decide to pull rank.

[friggmagnet]

I didn't ask to be in charge, you know.

Not that it effects you any more.

[allthingsdarkandcold]

We didn't ask for it either.

It effects me and it doesn't. If "The Player" gets her way, I won't even be human when she drags me out of the dark, and even so, if you get your full power, the next poor sod to be the incarnation of Hod will have to live with everything I have and so much worse.

[friggmagnet]

I'm doing the best I can with it. It's not like there's a special manual about how I'm supposed to be properly Odin.

And if I don't get my powers we all die. Sorry if I go for the other option.

[allthingsdarkandcold]

That's kind of my point. If you'd been some other god, we wouldn't have to be looking at every woman in New Zealand for your bloody Frigg.

You don't need my enthusiasm, you've got Anders and Mike and that crazy Thor.

[friggmagnet]

She's supposed to come to me. And she sort of did. Until, you know.

I don't need your enthusiasm. But it'd be nice if you didn't just fob me off all the time.

[allthingsdarkandcold]

And now that she sort of did, should we find you the spit god again to see if that still stands?

I've had things on my mind. It doesn't mean I don't care about you.

[friggmagnet]

I dunno. I don't know if anyone can be Frigg to me but Gaia.

[You're not allowed to make him pissed off at you and then say that shit, Ty. That's too many feelings at once. It's confusing.]

[allthingsdarkandcold]

Take it from me, when you find your goddess, you stop thinking.

[It's only fair, bro.]

[friggmagnet]

We tried to help you, Ty.

[allthingsdarkandcold]

I know, but you saw what it was like. When you find your Frigg or she finds you, you won't be thinking about Gaia.

[friggmagnet]

I don't want to not think about her.

[allthingsdarkandcold]

And I don't want to be Hod, but I can die and the rest of the family will go on. You can't say the same.

[friggmagnet]

No. I can't.

[allthingsdarkandcold]

[Siiiigh.]

I'm sorry. If I could get you out of the whole god thing without killing the rest of the family and half the city, I would.

[friggmagnet]

Being Odin's pretty choice most the time. Like the awesome sword fighting and stuff.

I just wanted to be Odin with Gaia.

[demi_mort]

Okay, so it's not a freaky Greek-style incest thing?

[allthingsdarkandcold]

No! God no. Just thinking about it makes me feel dirty.