Lyrics to / Låttext till Ballad för Penelopes systrar - Turid from / från Tistlar från tundran 1980
Du nutidens Penelope som aldrig väntar mera
När din Odysseus inte kom
Tog du det hela kallt
Ibland när något skepp kom
Och med tiden blev det flera
Då uppläts han åt seglaren
En kort stund det var allt
Penelope ditt fruktträd ska aldrig mer bli ympat
Och gräset växer vilt
Och inga rosor lyser grant
För ingen frukt kan växa
På det träd som lämnat stympats
Och törnesnåren växer
Ut med trädgårdens ytterkant
Men nutidens Penelope är fri från sin väntan
Och sina bojor har hon sprängt
Och tar sitt liv med ro
Och vet sitt värde där hon sitter nöjd i trädgårdsgläntan
Rakryggad utan fruktträd
Rosen doft och barnatro
Penelope du står där klarögd fri friska vinden
Bland sköna vilda blomster
Och ser skepp gå vid din hamn
Ibland styr skeppen in
Kanske öppnar du då grinden
Till svalkan i din trädgård
Och om du vill
Till din famn
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When magne was disrespecting his mother and threatening her with the hammer. Im surprised she didnt take it from him and beat his ass. Boy u dont talk to ur mom that way!!
Well, first off, I don't support any kind of violence so I cannot agree with the "beat his ass" sentiment.
However, I can completely agree that she should've corrected his behaviour (or at least should have tried to do so). But I think that's just the character Turid that she cannot do that. Especially, since she believes Magne to have mental health issues (not saying he hasn't but I don't believe that everything he experiences is in his head so I need to phrase it like that).
She's just so soft and doesn't want to do anything wrong.
(At least, that's what sticked out to me whenever she was on screen maybe I missed something.)
And yeah, even though Douche Magne was executed kinda well, it was still such a shocker and I didn't think he'd ever turn on his mom like that. :(
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finished Ragnarok, feeling very warm and happy
so I hated the way Fjord's character was basically just a copy of Vidar for no discernable reason for over half the series, poor boy's entire set of complex ideals and history were all slam dunked into a gutter the moment the funeral somehow switched his entire brain chemistry
were the giants inconsistent in their characterization and intelligence levels, sure
did I dislike Magne basically being Smeagol for most of season 3, yeah
but aside from those three things
Wow I really really love this show
I heard a lot of complaints that there weren't big battle scenes but idk I'm not a battle scene child so I didn't care :)) I was so happy to have a show full of hiking in mountains and cooking in kitchens and going to the Edda Grill, with plenty of character-centric work all the time always
I loved how normal everything felt. The Seier's house looked like my aunt's house. The clothes the middle class characters wore all looked worn and pretty common, I could probably find their clothes in a thrift store.
All the small quirky things were so gooddddd
I love Magne's 24/7 facial expression of complete and utter "No thoughts, what the hell is happening to me, I'm so done with this life" except for the times when he's accidentally knocking over trees and playing catch with his own hammer and then he smiles so much :D Love how he's the mid guy at school, a virgin, nearsighted, internally panicking always and forever. He had some very interesting arcs and asked a lot of interesting questions. Looks like the brother of a friend of mine. Very chill person.
Laurits is such a joy, of course. Head over heels for him watching Finding Nemo twice to cope with Fjor abusing his tapeworm child, having a crying fit while making soup and blaming it on the onions, shopping for boots on Amazon + saying he's busy, and casually working as a double agent between the gods and giants for over a year to earn money so he can feed his child. Beautiful man, beautiful attitude, convinced me to start using mascara.
Jens grew on me. I was kind of annoyed about him while Laurits was just pining over him, but he redeemed himself being the only living creature with a braincell in season 3 and staying sane despite all the insane drama and his boyfriend having a massive scary tapeworm child <33
I love the women of this show and how they're all very beautiful but they're not hypersexualized or dumbed down like women are in the Thor movies in Marvel.
Turid made me think about my own relationship with my mom, 10/10 most complex mother I've seen depicted in media. Love how she comes across as both so worn/tired and so loving/caring. I loved her acting. Beautiful performance from her.
Saxa was very hard to read, I think. Her motivations were all over the place and I could never tell whether to pity her or hate her. But I liked how unpredictable she was, I really did. It was a lot of fun to watch her switch around, and it made sense for her character since she has a lack of emotions. She gave Azula vibes quite a bit.
I was always happy to see Iman onscreen <33 A cute, fun, silly girl who likes to flirt but isn't an idiot? Who wins fights by being precise and conserving her energy? Who uses her powers to get things for free and squeals happily about it? Got so excited that her friend could lift her up and down with one hand? She's either Batman or Robin? A gem. A real gem.
And Isolde. I'm sad she died because she was my favorite character up until then, loved her snark and loved that there was a super chill fun friendship there, but she kind of became the beating heart of the show when she died. Loved that she was this underlying reason to keep pushing forward and advocating for change.
Vidar was super funny to me because he was all fun and horny games when Magne was just learning his powers but then Magne killed Vidar's dog and that man actually ripped off his clothes and swore vengeance on the house of Thor and lost his tiny brain in a split second, he's the funniest man of all time
Ran... I don't know. She didn't really resonate with me at any point? I liked the way she always shifted in the giant family, adopting whatever mindset would keep her family together at all costs. Very much a bitch though :) I really like the Ran Jutul who gave that awesome speech, she was so cool ;D
Erik looked better with a beard, that's all I'm saying, are you really a Norwegian man if you don't grow a red beard fr
I vastly enjoyed that entire thing of "Norse mythology wouldn't work in the modern age because it's all fighting and killing and that's not allowed now" and the show literally was the exact reversal of that, it was all strategy and scheming and laying down weapons :D
The cinematography was remarkably fresh, it felt like it was actually trying to be engaging and interesting. Loved the lighting choices at all times, loved the nature shots, loved the minimal usage of CGI
This show made me get into researching climate change and I'm really grateful for that too
Really intrigued by the negative stance it took towards big corporations manhandling citizens' lives, felt dystopian in an extremely down to earth way
Loved the twists and adaptation choices
THE SOUND TRACK
The SONGS
Love the music to hel and back fr
Loved the finale since I interpreted it as Magne just reconsidering how the final battle could have gone, overcoming his trauma, and moving on from the fight for good.
4.67 stars out of 5. :))
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Lyrics to / Låttext till Brevet - Turid from / från Tistlar från tundran 1980
De skickade mig ett brev
Jag fick det med första posten
Där stod det att min bror
Blev arresterad i förrgår morse
Och släpad genom gatorna med handklovar i blåsten, ja!
De klargjorde motivet
Till att Roberto blivit tagen
Han stödde en strejk
Som var ett brott mot själva lagen
Med sådana lagar blir jag väl brottsling
Själv endera dagen, ja!
Och jag som är långt från Chile
Och bara väntar på att få veta
Så får jag höra att därhemma
Kan inte arbetare leva
De hungriga får gevärseld
Istället för nåt att äta, ja!
De rika med sina later
De försvarar sin egen ställning
Och kommer och går i kyrkan
I frack och högtidsstämning
men de struntar i alla budord
Det räcker väl med bekänning, ja!
Och breven som de har skickat
Det kräver att jag svarar
Då vill jag att nån som kan det
För människorna förklarar
Att blodsugarna fortsätter
Att döda av gammal vana, ja!
Det är tur att jag har gitarren
När hjärtat brister
Och nio bröder förutom,
Den som sitter hos polisen
Och tack gode gud i himlen
Alla nio är kommunister, ja!
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Ragnarok is extremely good at referring back to norse mythos and translating specific things less known in said mythos to the screen but here are a few things I would have LOVED for them to touch on or refer to;
- Loki and Thor both being redheads in the original norse texts
I just feel like it was a bit of a missed opportunity to do what a lot of modern interpretations of Thor and Loki have done, in letting the fact that the two both have red hair fall to the wayside. (Quick little shout out to God of War for being one of the first instances where I've seen that particular trait kept within their character designs-)
The feature itself was often heavily noted upon anywhere Thor and Loki were concerned. So much so that I'm fairly certain it was one of the reasons why their initial relationship, that of an uncle (Loki) and a nephew (Thor), eventually evolved culturally into that of surrogate siblings.
It also served to highlight just how similar the two actually were. Most notably in how tempestuous both their tempers could be and how prideful they both are as well. Not to mention it would serve as a highlight of the disparity between Thor's less than stellar actions being glorified while Loki's are denounced as tricks and leave him villified.
Not to mention from a story telling standpoint, it would have made the reveal that Laurits is actually Vidar's son and not Asbjørn's a bit less easy to clock but I digress.
- An acknowledgment of a majority of the more notable Aesir having Jotunn ancestry
In terms of the way the show was written, it is understandable that this particular tidbit of info wasn't exactly included.
But it really would have added an interesting take to how Laurits interacted with the other gods, particularly where his more direct connection to the Jotunn in this life was concerned. Because some of the most famous of the Aesir either had direct genealogical or inherited links to the Jotnar in the original myths. Thor, Tyr, Heimdall and even Odin himself to name a few.
So the hypocritical stance the gods (Wotan in particular-) took against Laurits in initially shunning him away for being both Loki in his past life and having direct Jotunn ancestry in this life really would have just nailed home how fickle the other gods truly are. A fact that would have made their eventual turn against Magne for losing his abilities, when he was the one to start the fight against the Jutuls, feel even more like a stab in the back.
- More references to Angrboða and the other children she had with Loki
This is mainly just a little gripe I'd had with the show, in the fact that they all but ignored just how significant Angrboða's union with Loki truly was and what their children endured at the hands of the Aesir simply for being born, especially Fenrir.
I do understand it was due to Laurits being gay in the show (as well as a teenager) but I honestly can't help but feel that they made him so as a way to not have to stress too much about tackling the modern creation stories of Fenrir and Hel. Which sucks because the way they brought Jormungandr to life was genuinely a really interesting take on things.
This is all just my opinion though, if you have differing ones that's more than fine!
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