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While there are cosmological reasons that Skaði & Njörðr don't work out, NorsePlay asks what if instead of calling it off because there wasn't an agreeable place to live together that they had given say just a Monday a week to see each other? Not her mountain hall, nor his seaside home, but somewhere between where no wolves nor seabirds would upset them, just a space for them alone? She could bring venison, and he shark, they could cook over the hearthfire, and instead of worrying over the obligations of their divine purviews, they could just fully enjoy each other, admiring & appreciating the differences, realizing that between them they ruled even more together than apart, and finding that common ground on a ... well, common ground. And they could've added BBQs & kubb, or hnefatafl  on Sundays with Freyr & Freyja, just to try it out. It's all a rather big maybe, but given the social weights & measures of Viking-period Icelandic society &...

Norse Goddess Skadi endorses her namesake AR-15 in this voiceover! Crafted by podcaster & gunsmith Gianluca Zanna, one might imagine Skadi adding this tribute weapon to her divine arsenal of just vengeance. So what if  Skaði had shown up outside the gates of Asgard with an AR-15 or some other advanced dwarven-made weapon to avenge her father? Would she have even stopped to listen to talk of weregild? Would she have accepted, or just laughed and started shooting ? We have the impression that Þjazi may have been a bad father given his treatment and captivity of Iðunn, and Skaði's possibly necessary self-reliant skillset as a huntress (way heightened compared to other jotunesses like Gerðr or  Gunnlöð ), so   perhaps her probably impossible single-handed front gate approach to Asgard was only out of an obligation for retribution, and the  Æsir were wise enough to offer her a husband, plus add her boldness to their lineup in the l...