Loki clearly is that guy who did everything with everyone and still loves rubbing all your embarassing sexual mishaps in your face because that's how much of a troll he is. XD
... Now I'm getting Torchwood!AU plot-bunnies. WTF. You know, I think Balder is named somewhere in the Merseburg Charms, and he's a much more active character in Gesta Danorum - but damn, he simply pops up completely out of the blue in the Eddas! XD Actually, one of my oldest and craziest heacanons (as in: I read the myth for the first time and this is what my mind instantly came up with) is that Balder was so much of a Gary Stu that everyone just took the first chance available to throw rocks and pointy things at him. XD Then after his death everybody felt guilty (or at least pretended to, to keep up appearences) and went "omg no I loved him!!11".
I liked Merlin in the first few seasons: the humor was fun, the inaccuracy was hilarious (I remember one Sir Tristan who was a zombie, looked kinda like a Nazgul and stole the Green Knight's dramatic entrance), the plot was pretty vague and one big "wait a sec" (dude how do you expect Arthur to warm up to magic if the only magic he ever sees is evil wizards trying to kill him? And wouldn't the dragon be better off helping the evil wizards instead of waiting for Arthur to fulfill his destiny or whatever?), the magic was lol-worthy New Age stuff complete with Ancient Languages & Glowing Eyes, and the main characters were just oozing bromance. Then the show started to take itself seriously, the authors went "oh wait wasn't Guenevere Arthur's wife?!" and cut off all the lovely Merlin/Gwen and Morgana/Gwen shippiness (and also some of the Arthur/Merlin, if you ask me), Morgana went crazy and Morgause suddenly appeared out of the blue like in some soap-opera, and ... I don't know, in the end I just found it boring. I half wanted to stick around to see how they would handle Druid!Mordred, but it seemed they just forgot about him ... The Almighty Johnsons ... I've seen just a couple of episodes and I don't yet if it's brilliant or a mess. I dislike the way most female characters are handled, and the "find the Frigg" plotline is utter crack - but some of the jokes are hilarious and four of the male main characters are pretty brothers who are screwed up in many many ways and have a lot of unresolved issues with each other. And the fifth main character is their irresponsible hippy grandpa.
Camelot! ** It could have been so good, If only the authors had bothered. ç-ç Eva was stunning and brilliant and basically the best and most sympathetic character, and Ralph was a surprising and really entertaining Merlin. And I loved the magic, even the whole pseudo-Wiccan thing with the pentacle and the mirrors. And then I loved Sybill and Viviane and Kay and Gawain - though I still think that, if you bother to have a Gawain, you should also bother with Morgause and all her other kids. On the other hand, I loathed Arthur and Guenevere. Not because they were "too young for the part" or anything, but because they were just so unbelievable and badly written. Heck, I ended up shipping Arthur/Morgan much more than Arthur/Guenevere since the very first episode!
Valhalla is awesome: it's got a great Loki who basically lives with Thor and Sif and occasionally with whoever will give him food for free, an awfully petty Odin (who plays chess with Mimir's head!), and some wonderful female characters (Roskva! Sif! Freya! <3). I have some scans on dropbox, I could pass you the links. <3
I've been wanting to read American Gods for AGES. *-*
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... Now I'm getting Torchwood!AU plot-bunnies. WTF.
You know, I think Balder is named somewhere in the Merseburg Charms, and he's a much more active character in Gesta Danorum - but damn, he simply pops up completely out of the blue in the Eddas! XD
Actually, one of my oldest and craziest heacanons (as in: I read the myth for the first time and this is what my mind instantly came up with) is that Balder was so much of a Gary Stu that everyone just took the first chance available to throw rocks and pointy things at him. XD Then after his death everybody felt guilty (or at least pretended to, to keep up appearences) and went "omg no I loved him!!11".
I liked Merlin in the first few seasons: the humor was fun, the inaccuracy was hilarious (I remember one Sir Tristan who was a zombie, looked kinda like a Nazgul and stole the Green Knight's dramatic entrance), the plot was pretty vague and one big "wait a sec" (dude how do you expect Arthur to warm up to magic if the only magic he ever sees is evil wizards trying to kill him? And wouldn't the dragon be better off helping the evil wizards instead of waiting for Arthur to fulfill his destiny or whatever?), the magic was lol-worthy New Age stuff complete with Ancient Languages & Glowing Eyes, and the main characters were just oozing bromance.
Then the show started to take itself seriously, the authors went "oh wait wasn't Guenevere Arthur's wife?!" and cut off all the lovely Merlin/Gwen and Morgana/Gwen shippiness (and also some of the Arthur/Merlin, if you ask me), Morgana went crazy and Morgause suddenly appeared out of the blue like in some soap-opera, and ... I don't know, in the end I just found it boring. I half wanted to stick around to see how they would handle Druid!Mordred, but it seemed they just forgot about him ...
The Almighty Johnsons ... I've seen just a couple of episodes and I don't yet if it's brilliant or a mess. I dislike the way most female characters are handled, and the "find the Frigg" plotline is utter crack - but some of the jokes are hilarious and four of the male main characters are pretty brothers who are screwed up in many many ways and have a lot of unresolved issues with each other. And the fifth main character is their irresponsible hippy grandpa.
Camelot! ** It could have been so good, If only the authors had bothered. ç-ç Eva was stunning and brilliant and basically the best and most sympathetic character, and Ralph was a surprising and really entertaining Merlin. And I loved the magic, even the whole pseudo-Wiccan thing with the pentacle and the mirrors. And then I loved Sybill and Viviane and Kay and Gawain - though I still think that, if you bother to have a Gawain, you should also bother with Morgause and all her other kids.
On the other hand, I loathed Arthur and Guenevere. Not because they were "too young for the part" or anything, but because they were just so unbelievable and badly written. Heck, I ended up shipping Arthur/Morgan much more than Arthur/Guenevere since the very first episode!
Valhalla is awesome: it's got a great Loki who basically lives with Thor and Sif and occasionally with whoever will give him food for free, an awfully petty Odin (who plays chess with Mimir's head!), and some wonderful female characters (Roskva! Sif! Freya! <3). I have some scans on dropbox, I could pass you the links. <3
I've been wanting to read American Gods for AGES. *-*