Tag: Theme: Fostering & Foundling Children
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The Many Deaths of Baldr the Undying
Character: Baldr, Character: Frigg, Character: Loki, Character: Odin, Character: Varði, Length: 10k+, Rating: M, Theme: Angels, Theme: Bards & Skalds & Storytellers, Theme: Body Horror & Transformation, Theme: Destiny, Theme: Family Dynamics, Theme: Fathers & Paternity, Theme: Fostering & Foundling Children, Theme: Gender Exploration & Nonconformity, Theme: Genderfluidity, Theme: Gods & Divinity, Theme: Grief & Loss, Theme: Histories & Records, Theme: Learning & Education, Theme: Mages & Sorcerers & Witches, Theme: Magic & Powers, Theme: Mothers & Maternity, Theme: Norse Religion & Mythology, Theme: Parenthood, Theme: Power Dynamics & Imbalances, Theme: Power Struggles, Theme: Prophecy & Fortune-Telling, Theme: Servants & Service, Theme: Shapeshifting, Theme: Violence & Killing, World: Magic Beholden
Fantasy short. One of Odin’s record-keepers interviews the god Loki. Here’s a big one! 13.6k, rated M for violence, featuring some Loki and Baldr, some Odin scheming off-screen. Lots of delving into and playing with the stories, but with an angel thrown in for flavour. It is not the only of Loki’s living spaces. He has…
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M3GAN and a lonely child:
M3GAN (2022) on child neglect and avoiding one’s caregiving responsibilities “She’ll take care of the little things, so you can spend more time doing the things that matter.” Note: spoilers ahead! There are in-depth spoilers for the entire film throughout. M3GAN, directed by Gerald Johnstone and written by Akela Cooper, is a great little horror film — it’s…
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Comes In Threes
Fantasy short. Prince Arthur comes upon a boy in the woods. The meeting of my King Arthur and Myrddin Wyllt. It was a sunny morning, and Arthur sat alone in the palace gardens where the meadow stretched out ahead of him, the carpet of wildflowers and free-growing herbs disappearing underneath the shadow of the tree canopy.…
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Youth Inquisitive
Buran Highfield detail. Artist credit Marina @ vermilion_shade. Fantasy. Vizma Riorda, a priest devoted to Oghma, a god of knowledge and truth, meets a young thief who does not lie. The market in the centre of Merryweather was, as ever, bustling. Crowds milled about the stalls in the square, where travelling merchants had set up…