I’m a pacifist like institutionally but I’m absolutely certain that violence solves at least some problems on a much smaller level. I don’t believe in wars or nuclear weapons or military campaigns I do believe in the power of that guy who punched the nazi in the face so hard his entire media presence immediately crumbled to dust
Knowing a fic author through AO3 is like attending someone’s thesis presentation and politely clapping at the end, knowing a fic author through this hellsite is like going over to their house at 3AM to watch them eat mayonnaise out of a jar
Yes this could have to do with the fact that Freya the Norse Goddess of love, beauty and fertility drove a chariot pulled by cats.
So, if I ever get married, I fully expect a catmobile.
One of the other reasons why they gave cats to each other was for their valuable skills as mousers. Cats were able to control rodent populations around their properties.
Also, Norse myths are thought to have the earliest literary descriptions of the Norwegian Forest Cat. They were described as large, strong cats that drew Freya’s chariot and were so heavy that not even Thor, God of Thunder, could lift them from the floor. (Source)
They kinda live up to the legend, too. Your average Norwegian Forest Cat is twenty pounds of solid muscle, with claws large and strong enough to climb solid rock. They’ve been known to attack bears when defending their territory. And yet they’re one of the cuddliest breeds out there, particularly noted for being patient with small children.
I have a Norwegian mix, and can attest that she is the cuddliest cat but also insane enough to try and fight a bear.
Viking cats “FIGHT ME”
Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, still could not lift this cat.
I always love it when this post comes round because a) giant kitties who Thor can’t lift and b) that picture omg boar riding and flower throwing is a good thing
Giving someone six geese (a-laying, and thus in full protect-the-nest mode), much less SEVEN SWANS, does not seem to me, to be, per se, an act of true love
Thinking about the Leverage crew in the Good Place afterlife.
Accountants would cry trying to tally their points. They’ve encountered people who did bad things for good reasons before, but the scale the Leverage team operated on is new. The personal improvement of all the Leverage crew over the course of their life is huge, but the number of people they’ve hurt (the system doesn’t allow for “but they deserved it”; and it’s really hard to measure “they would have hurt more people if we hadn’t stopped them”, although the accountants still have to try to factor it in).
Glenn and some friends would lobby for Nate to be made an honorary demon because they want his help designing tests. Also, he’s really hard to test because he keeps figuring it out.
Vicky would keep sending Sophie through the same test–meeting a promising new thief–and insist the goal was for Sophie not to train the thief but instead discourage them from pursuing a life of crime, but really Vicky is just taking notes on all of Sophie’s acting tips.
Shawn puts bad people in a situation to do bad things and Eliot close enough to see. Either the bad people won’t do bad things and thus improve, Eliot will find a way to stop them without beating them up and thus improve, or Eliot will beat them up. Shawn calls it “economical and enjoyable!”
They create a neighborhood where Hardison has opportunities to fix a corrupt government or business, but he keeps using his normal methods, and “refusing to work with corrupt and unethical people on their terms” and “stops bad people from hurting innocents” count as positive points even as his methods rack up the negative points. He also hacks the Bad Place. Changing your own score is negative points. Changing other people’s scores to spare them suffering is positive.
Parker’s case keeps getting handed to different architects. The architects keep succumbing to the temptation to try and build a security system she can’t beat rather than teach her not to steal.
At some point, Nate has figured out he’s in a simulation and refused to cooperate unless he speaks to whoever is in charge (“You need my help to keep this from happening again”), Sophie has earned Vicky’s trust and convinced Vicky to show off her other work, Eliot has learned to tell the demons and real people and simulations apart and followed a demon to the exit, Hardison has hacked his way out, and Parker found an air vent that leads out of the testing room, and the five meet up again, ready to break out of the Bad Place.
