#—— CLOSED STARTER : HIDDEN WITHIN THE UNCONSCIOUS / AN INSATIABLE DESIRE FOR CONFLICT
@iwasburning, aslaug, —— liked.
❝ EVERYONE JUST SEES WHAT YOU APPEAR TO BE——— ❞ She, who has always been privileged by nobility, married to one of the most infamous Viking their culture has seen so far. The queen consort collaborating with her husband’s son from another marriage. Her own sons have many opinions about their mother, and queen, but Ivar finds that Kattegat has become BLIND to what she also represents. These days, THEY MAY HAVE ALL BECOME TOO COMFORTABLE WITH PEACE AND PROSPERITY. Was it not before his mother’s reign, that Kattegat could NEVER truly grow due to constant battles ? ❝ Only few, if any, truly care to experience what and who you are. Why is it that you let them take everything you have given to them for granted, mother ? ❞
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‘ AFTER EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SEEN DURING YOU TRAVELS— do you believe fate exists ? if so, how much free will do we really have ? ’ ❤ @culthcnt
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@snowbrn ♡ !
❝ given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing ? i would always choose pain. ❞
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@dettached ( heahmund, ) meme, —— " there is no heart inside of you. "
DRIVEN BY AMBITION AND PRIDE IT MUST SEEM NATURAL TO ASSUME THERE IS NO MATTER OF HEART IN ANYTHING HE DOES. ( Ivar suspects Heahmund’s annotation is not strictly personal, but rather something he regards any man who intentionally — knowingly — dismisses his god. ) && whereas Ivar is tempted to argue that even he can not live without the same - named organ nestled between lungs, behind the sternum, he chooses to answer with a bark of laughter instead. Ironic how Ivar remembers similar words from his own brother, Sigurd. ( With the difference that he and his brothers converse with their native tongue. ) Either way ? He has been at the receiving end of similar meaning before. On good days where Sigurd didn’t feel completely antagonistic. Worse, on most others. Lifting his head he makes eye contact with the other man to further regard him with a simple smile. ❝ Is that a problem to you ? ❞ If true, how much more dangerous does that make him ? Is a man who lost everything already a more dangerous creature by nature ? What could be used against him, when he already lost those people who he loved most ? ( His own mother, his mentor, Helga, those who truly raised him. Who looked beyond his legs from the very beginning. ) WHETHER IT’S TRUE OR NOT, IVAR CONSIDERS IT EASIER TO PRETEND OR BELIEVE THAT THERE’S NOTHING LEFT TO BE USED AGAINST HIM. ( Except for his predictable stubbornness, the fact that he won’t stop trying, maybe. ) ❝ I’m not asking you to fight your own people. I ask you to wage war against the murderer of my mother. I assume that is not going to be a heavy burden on your heart, or faith. ❞ He chuckles again, dismissing the subject entirely as he makes a nonchalant waving gesture with a hand before he finally decides to move a figure on the chess board between them. ❝ I suppose that also means there is no bringing me to salvation after all ? ❞
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@targreign ➔ ♡ !
‘ WE WANT WHAT OUR GODS WANTS: TO OWN IT ALL. ’ & he who is of vengeful nature unbound from the isle of rumored unicorns & cannibals: he is war torn & lethal, a wild but quiet thing, ( unless he releases his war cry, ) barely walking on his own two legs, but deploying a strong posture with shoulders drawn back nonetheless. if he bares his teeth, they are crimson stained — unlike his eyes, a field of cornflower and a perfect, cloudless, blue sky. ‘ is it truly so wrong of the stoneborn to ask for independence, and freedom ? ’
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HOW MUCH THEY HATE IT WHEN HE HABITUALLY SPEAKS ABOUT HOW HE PERCEIVES THE WORLD NO MATTER HOW UNCOMFORTABLE THE TRUTH MAY BE FOR THOSE AROUND HIM. & today ivar taunts what it means to remain unmoved. to withdraw oneself from action by telling people you are marked by self - restrained when, sometimes, it’s truly just cowardice. ‘ if you avoid conflict to keep the peace— you start a war inside yourself. ’
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@xenovair ♡ !
❝ who knows what will happen when i’m alone with my grief. ❞
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@chaosviolet ♡ !
❝ why are you so in love with things unbearable ? ❞
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@requiescatiinpace ♡ !
❝ i am not afraid of chaos nor to be the personification of the devil in the eyes of those we meet at war —— glory and gore go hand - in - hand. ❞
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SCORN CURLS HOT AND UNSTOPPABLE IN HIS GUTS LIKE A BLAZING FIRESTORM THAT WANTS TO BURN HIM FROM THE INSIDE OUT. & is it not ironic if one considers his devotion to the gods and his belief that fire cleanses the wicked ? is it not wickedness that his own knuckles are bloody & his own eyes ablaze with want for people to be afraid of crossing ( hurting ) him ? ‘ i want to bring them to their knees— head bowed and fists bleeding. i want to make them repent for their betrayal. ’
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@ulfhrafnx ♡ !
❝ i could, at any point, share something inappropriate. that is part of who i am & i embrace it & constantly battle with it. ❞
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@enidrhena ♡ !
❝ i am someone who did not die when customs demanded that i should have died— ❞
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@caninhisstecd ♡ !
❝ do you think there is a difference—— ? between belonging with and belonging to ? ❞
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@brutlist ♡ !
❝ happiness is not to be found in knowledge— but in the acquisition of knowledge. ❞
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@hiddensteel ➔ ♡ !
‘ MAYBE I WAS NEVER A CHILD AFTER ALL BUT SOMETHING IMPERFECT AND BROKEN PULLED RIGHT OUT OF THE SEA, AND THE SALT ? IT NEVER LEFT MY BODY. ’ & the curve of ivar’s lips curl lopsidedly as he continues to stare unabashed & unafraid, the white to his eyes shining blue again. tilting his head the side, his heart speaks as restless like the sea he sails from, ( tempestuous, dark, and wild, ) upon looking at those whose ancestors have claimed skagos to be a part of the north even when they know so little the stoneborn. ‘ would that not be far more mysterious than spreading rumors about cannibals and unicorns ? ’
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THERE SHALL BE NO VIEW MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN FIRE— SHINING IN ALL ITS GLORY. & from afar, it welcomes you & promises to spend warmth, but upon your slow approach, it snarls & bites— burning everything down within its reach. eerily beautiful in the predawn light as the flames leap & dance & consume. a radiant beauty in its destruction. OH HOW IVAR WISHES HIS OWN DEMONS TO BE ENGULFED IN ITS BLAZING HEAT UNTIL NOTHING IS LEFT BUT ASHES. ( grey and empty, to be blown away on the wind. ) ‘ if you had to guess, what do you think would be the most likely way you’ll die ? ’
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