#anyway this also would explain why ceolbert hits her particularly hard so early on because yes he's too young innocent and it's tragic

[leofrith]

once again thinking about how eivor is pretty stoic about death throughout most of the game up until hamtunscire, at which point she's suddenly reacting more emotionally than we've ever seen her. she's screaming for soma and she's crying over hunwald, and she sounds like she's straight up dissociating her way through that conversation with guthrum before the funeral. and she's never really reacted emotionally in that way before with the exception of her openly crying over ceolbert's tomb because this is the first time she's watched loved ones die without the comfort that comes from knowing she will see them again in valhalla. because she no longer believes in a valhalla. i am going to scream <3

#i am unwell!!! #and i mean i suppose you can argue that she's grown closer to all of these people by this point which is why it hits harder #but to me it seems that eivor's reaction to the death surrounding her is closely tied to her relationship with her faith #she's shaken because she is no longer confident in an afterlife!! she is no longer confident that she will see her loved ones again!!!!! #she is no longer confident that the gods exist!!! her entire worldview has shifted!!! #and the game doesn't address that enough because the post launch content addresses NOTHING!!!! #okay maybe not strictly true because i think SoP touches on it a bit but not nearly enough #anyway this also would explain why ceolbert hits her particularly hard so early on because yes he's too young innocent and it's tragic #but she also knows there is no hope of her seeing him again #perhaps i am talking out of my ass but i am Thinkingggg #ac valhalla #eivor varinsdottir #eivor varinsdóttir #ky posts text