Ragnarok
Just random thoughts and confessions.
Spoilers below the cut.
(For anyone who gets here looking for the next Thor movie, this is actually for the I Bring the Fire series. First book FREE—just clink on the links at the side).
The Larson/Geror relationship makes me cry. I think it could work out. But gah. Hard!
Rush: I’ve noticed that some of the worst misogynists have mommy issues. Sometimes these issues are imagined. But sometimes they are real, earned mommy issues … mom’s that were narcissists, or didn’t like rambunctious little boys, cheated on their dads, or had drug issues. I would kind of like to think there might be hope for most misogynists—because thinking that they will continue to see me as less than human is kind of too painful to bear. I think Rush’s issues were earned (I’m imagining his mom was an alcoholic who was unavailable in every way). I don’t think that is a free pass—one horrible relationship doesn’t give you the right to devalue half the human race (or even a tenth or a quarter). But I think if it’s understood as a sickness with origins, maybe it can be cured? If the person who is like that confronts the issues. Maybe Amy could make him confront the issues—deliver an ultimatum. She’d need Bohdi’s help to do it, but I think that Bohdi would be willing. He doesn’t like Rush, and I could see Rush doing something so vile (or saying something so vile) that Bohdi would want to kill him and Amy would be all, “No! Let’s cure him.”
Why Bohdi hates Rush … I think Rush is Bohdi in a warped mirror. Like Bohdi he’s motivated by emotion, and will do anything for his friends. But unlike Bohdi I don’t think Rush realizes what an emotional creature he is. He is so illogical. (Women as hypergamous solipsistic sluts is a inherent contradiction.) Also Rush calls him Hadji … in the beginning I think he’s trying to be an ass, but later, I think Rush does it because he likes Bohdi, but might be a little afraid of him and jealous of him at the same time, and also he might look up to him a little too. Bohdi is bigger than Rush in just about every way (even taller!) So Rush calls him Hadji at the end of the book to try and prove to himself that he isn’t afraid of the skinny Indian guy who gets the girl, who has wickedly good plans, and who is really good at killing people and blowing things up.
Amy and Bohdi … I think they will wind up together, but I could see them as having a rocky start. I could see Bohdi as becoming more Shiva than Loki—and more dangerous for it. And I could see Bohdi seeing Amy’s life more valuable than all others. Since Amy can’t die, if she was threatened, say in a hostage situation, I could see him pulling a move where everyone died—man, woman, and child—so that she would never be in a situation of spending an eternity in captivity. In his mind death is quick, and not so horrible. She can’t have it. So her life would be worth more. That would be hard on both of them.
Also, they’re both not even 30 yet!
Claire … way too young to have that hammer. She’d be a terror for a while. But then, so often was Thor.
So everyone knows … I imagine Dale, Brett, Bryant, and Harding working on a device that would allow Sleipnir to talk to humans. Sleipnir actually has a brilliant mind for the physics of time travel, because, well … duh! So he earns his Ph. D. and becomes a professor at the University of Chicago. Somewhat to the consternation of Starflower and Pearl Horn, and much to the amazement (and sometimes prejudice) of the two legs at the university.
Go ahead and post spoilers in the comments! And thoughts.
