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Heimdall would totally be the type of son to think ‘I’m dad’s favourite most loyal and most skilled soldier’ and having a major praise and worship kink due to that fundamental dynamic

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Heimtreus for a scene from Frauleintunichtsgut‘s story on AO3 ‚A lesson to remember‘, full view of the drawing on Poipiku here

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had an idea that atreus goes on an one man quest to rid Heimdall of the blind loyalty spell Odin cast on his son. once the pink glowy veil in Heimdall’s eyes disappears, the most gorgeous golden/amber colour is revealed beneath 💕😭

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Sindri: So, Atreus, got anything that can make this day any worse?

Atreus, awkwardly gesturing toward Ragnarök: How about the end of the world?

Sindri: Knew I could count on you

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Mimir: Lad, I know you think you're helping... but you're not.

Atreus: Oh...

Loki: I know I'm not helping

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Odin: Heimdall, don't you have something you want to say to Loki here?

Heimdall: Yes, but I assume you would make me apologize for that too.

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Mimir: you didn't have to kill that god

Loki: Yeah, I know. It was funny though

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Odin: You know, it's amazing. Every time I ask you to do something, you always screw it all up

Loki: And yet you continue to ask me

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Okay, so let me see if I got this right because I think I gave myself a headache reading through this

Angrboda’s importance in the story is being overlooked despite her being more important to the narrative and more well rounded as a character than heindall is

People are being faux-progressive for thinking that a random MLM ship is automatically better because it’s queer and ignore the female character they’re pushing aside for it to happen

To prop up another ship, they say that atreboda is somehow toxic or boring or that angrboda is too much of a killjoy or nag for the ship to be entertaining or interesting

That the hate they have for female characters is so intense that they still prefer a male character they don’t enjoy, like Atreus, over her and instead put him into a relationship where he is insulted and looked down upon and physically harassed. Essentially reduced down to a token prize for another character to possess rather than be given autonomy in an equal relationship

Do I have that right?? Because I need to know what I might be missing before I even begin unraveling this

Thank you for tackling another facet of fandom's misogyny which is justifying the hatred for and dismissal of story important female characters and their no less important relationships with male leads by means of invented (and often completely ridiculous) M/M ships. Hei**tre*s is a perfect example of that as it's preferred over a canon romantic storyline for Atreus (which is Atreus/Angrboda). Whereas Heimdall is worshiped and prioritized over Angrboda despite the fact that he is a textbook filler character and a stereotypical two dimensional secondary antagonist "who dies first".

Yet Angrboda whose every single scene brings something new to the story or moves the plot and whose interactions with Atreus are so vital to said plot you cannot omit a single one of them without the game becoming completely different and Atreus's arc crumbling and losing logic, cohesion and sense is dismissed as "boring".

This is that "woke misogyny" that we discussed before (and proves yet again how gamebros and "progressives" are in fact the two sides of the same bigoted coin, just like Alphas and Nice Guys).

Furthermore, this "progressive misogyny" pattern often includes those people making up "arguments" as to why male lead's relationship with a multi-faceted female character is supposedly "unhealthy" or "forced" (which is laughable given their own fanon ships have zero basis in canon). But their imagined M/M ship is somehow "complex and inspiring" because they want a male character they (often undeservedly) put on a pedestal (in this case Heimdall) to get a trophy in the form of another character (Atreus). Whom they - and that's the most absurd part - often also hate as much as they do his canon female love interest. But deem this "worthless and annoying fun-sponge" to be good enough to be a prize for their favourite man.

It's the same toxic thinking that, within the non-romantic realm, reduced Atreus to Kratos's prize and then concluded he wasn't worth becoming one. However, trolls decided that Atreus still might fulfill their fantasy of Thrud/Atreus or Heimdall/Atreus and become a prize for one of them. That's why their favourite moments in their interactions is when Thrud or Heimdall exert physical violence against Atreus and "put that runt in place".

Meanwhile, Angrboda is also seen as an "unworthy" prize, just for Atreus. It all boils down to dehumanization and treating one character as an accessory for another (and shoes how sexism affects characters regardless of gender, just in a different way). That's why canon Atreboda makes trolls so angry as it's an equal and supportive relationship for both of them.

You are also correct in seeing the potential in Skjoldr, sadly, likely becoming that glorified secondary male character whom trolls might use as a perfect cover for their misogyny. So they could continue dismissing or putting down Angrboda to prop up Atreus's interactions with Skjoldr and Thrud. Another scenario that isn't out of the realm of possibility is, as you noted, Atreus forming a trio with Skjoldr and Thrud, with Angrboda being pushed to sidelines.

Now, obviously, canonically neither Skjoldr nor Thrud would ever become Atreus's love interests and are most likely going to have a romantic arc of their own, with one another. But before it happens or in the process of it happening the writers/developers might opt for the "bros over romance" route in regards to A/T/S trio vs Atreboda relationship. It's all the more plausible if the other, grim scenario I suggested before comes to pass and Skjoldr is ultimately sacrificed for Thrud's angst (and, in this case, Atreus's as well, in a platonic sense).

With the criticism she gets, i think they will go against the “bros over atreboda” thing. I think atreboda will be a bigger focus and understandably so (or at least im hoping they will. as i said before, they continued with atreus despite trolls. Im expecting them to do the same with angrboda) I’ve noticed most main (or only) love interests get treated like this. And its usually the female ones in particular. i dont understand why so many people hate on them all the time? Its not like theyre always the same yet there is smth “unappealing” to so many people about said love interests all the time. I wonder if it has to do with the “not like other girls” sort of thing..

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Thrúd: Hey- uh, it's gonna be okay

Atreus: It's all terrible! Everything I've ever done in my life has made things so much worse!

Heimdall: Well that's never bothered you before

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Atreus, dreamily: He is malicious, cruel, and violent, but he's also super petty in every day-to-day personal relationships

Thrúd: uh-huh

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Heimdall, fondly: Not only is he mischievous, spiteful, and dishonest, but he is shameless in his every day personal conduct

Thrúd: right

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The Norns: Your other half is your fate, is your life, and can be your death at the peak of Ragnarök where you will meet and decide each other's end with your own hands. The sum of you choices is your destiny

Atreus, who hasn't slept in days, currently wanted dead by more than half of those living in Asgard including the King of the Aesir: stop fucking calling me gay

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Atreus, at the tavern, drunk as shit: I don't get why everyone makes a big deal out of lying. It's super easy. Just- you just say stuff. My dad thinks I'm straight and a boy still. And you still think my name is Loki

Heimdall, also drunk: your- WHAT

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Anytime I think of the series "Chaos in an Archer Suit" I wonder how the evolution for worrying for Atreus goes because it feels like it'd go like this:

The Norns: The future shows Heimdall will try to kill your son

Kratos & co.: No! We Have to Save Atreus!

Years later

The Norns: Future still shows the Aesir will attempt to kill Loki

Kratos & co.: They can damn well try

By this point most are used to Atreus being on the edge of death

Atreus: I am going to risk my life again

Heimdall: You know, I think I'm going to just kill you myself

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In the tapestry of life, where laughter is spun, Your comedic verses bring joy, second to none. Empathy flows through your words like a stream, A friend who paints life with a whimsical dream.

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In the tapestry of life, where laughter is in wind,

Your courteous words bring glee, something no other can twin.

Delight in your verses floods like a river,

My friend who writes what no other can deliver.

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Skjöldr: I hate how crushes can make you so stupid

Atreus: right? I act so stupid around mine

Heimdall: you always act stupid

Atreus: don't think about that too hard

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What you lookin' at??? Huh??? What??? Thinkin' your cuteness will get you anything??? Thinkin' I'll be more susceptible to your manipulations!!??!?

Well then you'd be right! 😭😭😭