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Quimera Baldur concpet art
(God of War x Dungeon Meshi au)
Close ups (+Silhouette)
Apologies for taking so long to post! I didn't expect for the original post to be so well received so I didn't have much planned. Now that I have a better idea of the story I can get to work with a much clear head!
Design breakdown:
I kept the shapes and dimensions pretty similar to the Quimera Falin design except for the deference between the front and the back legs because I wanted for the separation between the dragon and the chicken part to be more striking.
The biggest changes are color-wise. Quimera Falin has red scales and white feathers, the white symbolizing Falin's purity while the red symbolizing the corruption of her soul, kind of like a wedding dress soked in blood: Something clean and pure stained by great tragedy.
Baldur is NOT pure and Freya is far more expirenced in magic that Marcille was, that is why I went for a design with a more balanced color pallete. It is far more Rooster inspired since it has far more impressive colors AND can fit with the overall color schemes shared by the Valkyries (for lore reasons of course)
I have some parts of the story planned out and will definitely post more about this storyline!
Questions are always appreciated
Some concepts for my GOW x Doungeon Meshi au
"After the death of her son at the hands of Kratos, Freya decides to fuse Baldur’s dead body with what little life remains in his pet Red Dragon body.
The abomination flees away into the branches of the World Tree, possibly ending up anywhere in the Nine Realms. With Ragnarok just around the corner and the witch trying to protect his "son", it is up to Kratos and Atreus to hunt it down and stop it's rampage... that is if Freya doesn't stop them first."
I have a few GOW aus I never sat down and drew that I wouldn't mind exploring in the future, this one included. I'm calling it "Quimera Baldur au" but any better name suggestions are much appreciated as well as questions! If you have them....
Baldr, the norse god of light, depicted with the magic ring Draupnir on his arm.
This is actually one of my non-digital paintings, the original painting is acrylic on canvas board ^_^
Watercolour of Baldr, Norse god of innocence and joy with the ravens Huginn (thought) and Muninn (memory) (^◡^)
I miss this trio 😔
Two himbo idiots and their coocoo for cocopops uncle 🥰
(Tw for gore/self harm & suicidal ideation)
Baldur! What a silly funny guy! ^U^
God of war : ragnarök
God of war: ragnarök, doodle dump part 2 electric boogaloo!
Featuring The Odinsons! +Mimir🐐
I bet their family dinners would be wild🥴
It took me all this time to love Baldur but now I do
So...let’s talk about Hela, shall we?
We all know that she’s basically a version of Baldur. Odin’s first born, perfect golden son. The blessed child of Odin and Frigg, but I’m thinking Frigga in the MCU never would’ve allowed Hela to grow up the way she did...
My theory is that Hela is the daughter of Odin and Freya, who was likely Odin’s first wife in the MCU who died at some point before Hela was locked away and he met Frigga, etc. I think that Freya loved her “perfect daughter” so much that he cursed her the same way she did Baldur in Norse Mythology. Making him immune to all things with only a single loophole left out, being mistletoe.
Odin likely would’ve made up the loophole just in case, because he was obviously paranoid about everything down to his own children’s intentions. Though, because of his love for her, he chose mistletoe because of its poisonous nature. If he suspected any sign of madness, or she committed an atrocity, he could’ve just poisoned her food or drink and let her die peacefully in her sleep. A merciful death to spare himself the act of having to kill her with his own hands, but when she inevitably grew bloodthirsty, he still couldn’t kill his own child (just as he couldn’t kill Loki) and locked her away in a prison all her own (much like how Loki was locked away in Mythology with Sigyn protecting him from the venom dripping serpent.)
My thoughts on what might’ve happened to her if she were poisoned could go one of two ways. She either would’ve died as any human would, or the spell keeping her invulnerable would’ve been broken and she quite possibly would’ve reverted to the “perfect golden child” that Freya was trying to protect. Meaning, blonde like Odin with creamy skin rather than pale and quite possibly less insane, because she would finally be able to feel again. Pain, anguish, all of it. She’d be normal just like every other Asgardian for the first time since she was a small child and it would be quite the humbling shock to go from this:
To this:
Because of one teeny, tiny little plant probably mentioned in Human legend in the MCU by Odin as a warning, should she ever return/escape upon his death or for some other reason.
Just thought this might be an interesting idea for any of you out there trying to figure out how to write a Hela x Reader fic without getting stuck.
I also love that the redemption in God of War isn't tied to forgiveness, like so many other redemption arcs in media (see Zuko's). Kratos at one point literally says he doesn't care if Freya forgives him. It's honestly refreshing to see a story that says "Whether or not other people forgive you doesn't matter, only that you are a better person," it really works with the catchphrase (I'm not sure if that's the right term) "We must be better."
I like that God of War never makes it a question of deserving. Did Kratos 'deserve' his redemption? Probably not but he chose to be better in spite of that and that's what matters, so did Thor right at the end. On the other hand did Baldur 'deserve' his death? Again, probably not but he made it clear his choice was made no matter how many chances he was offered.
for your gow color palette requests!!! "finally home" for freya, or "static lies" for baldur perhaps? :3 <3
I was actually hoping someone would request Baldur and that one aa
(listening to a mix of Hozier and Linkin Park while doing this)
A long time ago I sketched this for a collab with a friend irl but due to a lot of chaos he could'nt finish it aksjdghas so here I am to share my half bc I still like it a lot Ú>Ù Nasty man
The other day I remembered this scene in Gumball:
https://youtu.be/BSGXP6WENj0?t=28
And it cracked me up so hard because I couldn’t think of anything but Baldur and Freya’s relationship in a nutshell omg
"You just can't help yourself, can you mother? No matter what I do or say, you won't stop interfering with my life"
Still thinking about this plot and still hurting
