Snow-Shoveling Thoughts

[melannen]

So I have somehow found myself reading Völsungakviða en nýja which has primarily resulted in the following three thoughts:

1. I can now tell people I'm a fan of Tolkien's Ring Cycle and confuse the crap out of them;

2. I wonder if it was Kid Loki or Sigurd himself who stole the missing quire of the Codex Regius (look there's some stories about yourself you just don't want out there);

3. Oh man, Marvel!Sigurd and Kid Loki constantly make Lord of the Rings jokes about themselves when they're hanging out with each other, don't they, and nobody else thinks it's funny.

Comments

[dhampyresa]

Re: 3, they so would, the dorks.

[melannen]

I'd previously avoided reading any long version of the Volsung story because it didn't really seem like the kind of story I'd like but I have to say visualizing Marvel's adorable fake-hipster douchebro as the lead is REALLY improving it for me.

[dhampyresa]

I don't think I'd characterise Kid Loki as "fake-hipster douchebro", actually. Agent of Asgard!Loki, yes. Kid!Loki, no.

[melannen]

Oh, no, sorry, I meant Marvel Sigurd with that description. That's basically his schtick from what I can tell. Loki's rather a bit more complicated at this point.