#gowr valhalla

[rdr2thur]

Oh kratos how you've grown 😭

[sereinreality]

learning that the “you” being addressed in the journals is atreus has ruined me fundamentally

[alyona11]

I got so much fun from playing God of War Ragnarok Valhalla I wanted to sketch Kratos. And he turned out SO FUN to breakdown to understand how his face works?

He is SO SHAPED. Like when you look at him you think that he looks pretty realistic but if you break down his head on simple shapes he is so stylized and it’s so cool!

I’ll leave my breakdown of his face I did for myself here in case someone might need some tips:

[woundedheartwithin]

🥺

[thecheesiest]

So real Tyr

DO NOT REPOST

[upn-the-sky]

Kratos after Valhalla

Okay, in post canon I wish for one thing.

I wish Kratos start to slowly returning to his roots after many sessions of therapy in Valhalla. I mean in a good way, not to his trauma, but to his ancestry.

In Ragnarok he had allowed himself to speak about Greece, when it is safe. But in Valhalla he got nearly in a full contact with his homeland. With his memories, with his mother tongue. With his spartan-self.

I mean he denied his greek origin for the hundres of years, not only as an olympian god, but as a man of his culture, because he saw only what he has lost back then and what he has destroyed with his own arms. He was agree to become a foreigner without a name and a past, but his homeland always was a part of him. Hidden and revealed by the Lady of the Forge when she crafted Draupnir for him.

I kinda see Norse saga as his personal journey of reconnection with his descent.

From complete closeness about his origin to sharing his memories one by one about the food, about the literature, about Sparta. To using spear - the first weapon he learned in his life as a Spartan. To facing and LIVING his memories of Greece directly in Valhalla.

And I wish to see him going further and further.

Red chitons or cloth around his hips instead of a trousers. Golden meanders at his clothes, which he embroidered or paint by himself. Bare feet, sandals. Playing flute of lyre he made. Evenings with telling the myths (shock-content about Olympians). Spartan war dances among his friends and teaching Freya to dance it with him.

That would be beautiful... 😭

[frootertooter]

"You are cruel, and arrogant, and selfish... But you are more than that. You have always been more than what others saw."

A quick late night render- Been thinking about that line from the speech at the end of GOWR: Valhalla a lot,,

[cbs-scorpion-coffee-shop]

In my GOW: Ragnarok fic, Kratos routinely takes Thor by boat to Valhalla to help him conquer his issues and be better, so what say you if I make little posts about each conversation they have on the boat?

Here's one example:

"Kratos." Thor begins, looking at the water in an effort to not make eye contact. "I really don't know why you're being so nice to me."

Kratos ponders for a while before answering "In my quest for vengeance, I have committed deeds that no one would forgive. Atrocities that would cost anyone their humanity. Most of those who aided me intended to use me as their monster in one way or the other. But ... there were people who saw me as human. Showed me kindness simply for the sake of it."

"Your wife?"

"Yes, and not only her. Pandora the daughter of Hephaestus, Orkos the son of Ares, Freya, Mimir, Tyr, Brok and Sindri and many others. The only reason I was able to retain my humanity is due to their kindness. I wish to do the same for you."

Thor grunts. "Still don't get it."

"You do not need to understand the reason for my kindness, nor do you need to pay me back for it. You only need to accept it, and carry it with you."

Silence ensued for a while only to be broken by Thor "Thank you Kratos."

"You are welcome."

[aloysarrow]

I've missed this man lol

[alyona11]

Omg GoW Valhalla is so fun to play, I'm screaming

[woundedheartwithin]

Mimir: That sword isn’t full of terrible memories, I hope?

Kratos: What do you think

[bezdddakota]

God Of War Ragnarok was honestly the only thing I wanted for so long that I was genuinely satisfied with never receiving a gift from anyone again but now, Sony Monica gives us free DLC.

[upn-the-sky]

GOWR: VALHALLA DLC IS MY OWN GAME OF THE YEAR

Holy shi, finally we don't have to beat up young Kratos.

He never wanted this throne, this life, this godhood.

All he ever asked was to stop the pain.

He didn't receive what he asked and he chose... chose? We really need to speak outloud that turning completely insaine is not a choice? It is an answer to the pressure of the circumstances, of the guilt... Of the self-hatered he felt.

All of this broke him and Kratos is unfortunately too hard on himself to simply accept that he was too weak for this weight, but anyway his non-violent trial of his past self is a big step.

Maybe one day he will finally hug this young scared spartan boi, who lost everything. And completely forgive him. Once and for all.

[partylikemajima]

Idk why but I'm so scared while playing gowr Valhalla 😂 every time I go past a door I'm scared what I'll have to fight next. Running into Fiske and his attacks felt relentless on the easiest mode like calm down pls I can't deal with my blood pressure rising anymore 🥲👀

[maxbegone]

GOD OF WAR: RAGNAROK — VALHALLA

[cbs-scorpion-coffee-shop]

I know the game portrayed him as a pathetic character but damn does Modi's face look cold