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Ash baby odin

#i’ve been so obsessed with ash baby recently it’s actually insane #god of war #gow ragnarok #god of war ragnarok #gow #odin #gow odin #odin god of war

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i gotta draw more environments tbh 🤕

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Have a Týr guys

#ZOO EE MAMA 😍 #i live laugh love this man #god of war ragnarok #gow tyr #gow ragnarok

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OH MY GOD I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO LOWKEY SHIPPED HILDISVÍNI AND SIF!!! The whole mending ties between the nations and realizing that they like each other as time goes on is so 😋

they’re great very slow slowburn material :D

This makes the two of us, then ;) Because admittedly, I wholeheartedly assumed it's my unapologetically pro-romance, "more girly interests and less male power fantasies in the media" self that invests in the potential of these two having a romantic relationship. On a serious note, a romantic arc with these characters opens innumerable possibilities for development and would serve as an excellent continuation of GowR message of moving on from toxic past and forging a better future of free will (first concept was the foundation of Freya's arc - especially Freya's missing peace side quest. Whereas the second one reflects Kratos and Atreus's journey - "so much to rebuild", Atreus embarking on his quest to find remaining giants; with Angrboda, yet again, honoring his decision and letting him go despite how difficult it was for her to part with him while also giving him the option to seek her out if he wanted to; hence gifting him her marble like he did his before).

Hildisvini is shown as a mentor type. He fulfilled a definite fatherly role for Freya and Freyr whereas with Atreus he didn't at all hold it against him that the latter mortally wounded him in his boar form (although that wound still gave Hildisvini trouble in his human form). Furthermore, he didn't baby or infantilize Atreus but rather saw him for a skilled young warrior with a lot of potential which he encouraged Atreus to use and treated him like an equal partner (another perfect mentor trait).

However, Hildisvini could benefit from abandoning the mentor role for a change and trying a different one, where he would have a partner-opponent whom he could have healthy and constructive arguments with and who would challenge him. Sif, showing her willingness to work with Hildisvini in the end in order to "rebuild" and create a better future, would, for her part, have the chance to partner with a self reliant and mentally independent man. A drastic change from her marriage to a passionate but spineless, easily manipulated late husband Thor. Who was never able break free from the toxic influence of his own father, even when he and Sif lost both sons because of Odin and were confronted with the risk of potentially losing their daughter. Who, despite being different and less self destructive than Magni and Modi, still absorbed her grandfather's problematic thinking and fell for his manipulations (such as when Thrud referred to Freya as Odin's "treacherous ex wife"). In that vein, Hildisvini's possible interactions with Thrud and an inevitable conflict would make for an interesting and necessary development for Thrud (as @stupidrant accurately pointed out in our recent exchange).

You're absolutely right about Hildisvini and Sif being a perfect slow burn material in a way that would logically fit into their story and characters as opposed to being a needlessly stretched out drama. Atreus and Angrboda, for instance, are more about open self expression and an unfolding in real time budding romance - the first such arc in Gow universe so far if I'm not mistaken (I've still yet to familiarize myself with the Greek saga), especially where first real and substantial feeling is concerned. Kratos and Faye were a classic "relationship of the past that the characters can never get back" (because - which is also a classical trope - one half of the pair has passed away) and that the leading character and the main story arc are fundamentally influenced by.

Sif and Hildisvini could provide a different but no less enticing type of romantic build up where two characters with rich personal history realize their attraction and feelings through active communication for the sake of the common cause.

#you worded the way i think about them together perfectly #i love this so much i’m actually going insane #im so glad at least one other person gets how i feel about the potential these two have #gow hildisvíni #gow sif #hildisvíni #sif

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from gathering little pieces of information in gow through dialogues and character interactions: freya and freyr's father njörd was often on journeys around the world and therefore not very present in their lives. when freyr reminisces about this i could hear a certain bitterness in his voice, which could mean that njörd being an absent father did affect the two siblings a lot (that's putting it lightly but ykwim). oh and freyr was venting about this to hildisvini right before you go to war with asgard. hildisvini adresss freyr as son 😭 the elves beyla and byggvir commented something about how hildisvini taught freyr everything he knows. basically hildisvini is so very important as a character AND in freya and freyr's lives & i wish people talked about him more!

shit i'd go ahead and say that he is more of a parent than njörd ever was!

BEST FATHER HILDISVINI 🥺🥺🥺😖 they need to expand more on this!!

#the way my heart just got ripped out of my chest #I FORGOT ALL ABOUT THIS 😭😭😭 #THIS JUST MAKES ME WANT MORE HILDI CONTENT #Hildisvini #freyr #freya #god of war ragnarok

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Valkyrie Queen

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two bebes, Mwah! Love underrated characters.

Naomi has returned and she is still a greedy little thing.

#OMG YOU DREW HILDI!!!!! #AND BRIGIR #OMG MY FAVS!!! #I LOVE THIS SM OP #THEY LOOK AMAZING #GOTTA LOVE NAOMI #god of war #god of war ragnarok #god of war 2018 #gow hildisvíni #gow birgir

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Kratos' Children💖

More sketches:

#LITERALLY SO CUTE OMGGGGGGG #atreus god of war #pandora god of war #calliope god of war #THEY GOTTA MEET IN THE GAMES SOMEHOW #🙏🙏🙏

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SEVERELY UNDERRATED CHARACTER ALERT🗣️🗣️🗣️

HILDISVÍNI FANART BECAUSE I LOVE HIM AND IT FEELS LIKE NO ONE ELSE DOES!!!😭😭

i was so surprised when i found out he wasn’t as popular as i thought he was!! i didn’t think he was crazy popular but omg why is there literally NOTHING 😭🤕😔

we need more hildisvíni content!! And by “we” i mean i need more hildisvíni content!!!

#god of war #gow ragnarok #god of war ragnarok #hildisvíni #gow hildisvíni #gow 2018 #gow fanart #god of war 2018 #freya’s royal boar #i love him sm <3

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I luvvv Kratos 🫶🏼😋

#YAYAYYAYAYYAYAYAY #I LOVE I LOVE #😋😋😋 #god of war #kratos

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I was compelled to do this for some reason…

#i honestly love this sm #god of war #gow magni

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I can't do this anymore

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they’re so “lovers rock by tv girl” coded

whenever i hear that song i lowkey, highkey think of them 😁

can’t believe this is my first atreboda ship post 😔 they’re on my mind basically 24/7 i can’t even fathom why i haven’t made anything of them up until this point lol 😭😭

#god of war #god of war ragnarok #gow angrboda #gow atreus #atreboda #digital art #digital painting

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Sif💖💙

#she’s so pretty it’s actually insane #sif gow #god of war ragnarok

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hc that garm is the way it is now because of odins fuckery and it used to be just a regular pupper (also Týr's doge)

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the guys

#YAYAYYAYAYYAY #OMG OMG #THE HUG 😭😭😭 #crying my eyes out i love this sm #going crazy over this #brok #sindri #god of war ragnarok

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First post 🙂👍

#OMG OMG OMG #SO CUTE #😋😋 #angrboda #atreus #god of war ragnarok