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Just arrived in Reykjavik this morning. Our hotel room was ready for us, so we rested a bit and then headed out for a late lunch. This place caught my eye, for some reason. π Good food (traditional Icelandic β mashed fish is better than it sounds!) and the people were cool. Also a trans safe space, not surprisingly.
The restaurant is at the end of a street called βLokastigurβ (Lokiβs Ladder).
Back in the hotel room. I want nothing more than to go out and keep exploring, but my body is a hard βnoβ on that, unfortunately.
Thoughts on Loki and Norse spirits
In what little time that I have been working with Loki there's a way I have come to understand them. Many call Loki a trickster or some other spirit of chaos. While Loki is certainly mischievous and their actions can create chaos, I feel that monicker alone is not enough.
Loki is also often associated with change, constant growing and shifting. Change can easily be mistaken for chaos by beings like us that desire stability and see stability as sameness. This does feel more appropriate
However, the way I have come to think of Loki is as a new kind of spirit of nature. The Jotun are, after all, essentially that. Loki seems to be a bridge, a duality between "society" and "nature" since he is born of a Jotun and Aesir adopted. The Aesir symbolize a lot of what humanity made for themselves: their own order and wisdom and rulesβsociety.
I feel almost as though Loki represents the human spirit, both a part of society and from nature. Society, when it overreaches, seeks to bind the parts of us that it deems unruly. Yet it relies on our spirit all the same. We see this parallel often in the relationship that the Aesir have with Loki in the old stories. They come to Loki for help, to lift their spirits, to empower themselves, and when they see Loki step out of the role they decidedβthey punish them.
This allows each to have moments of being "in the right" or "in the wrong" without arbitrarily labeling one side as "good" or "bad" in our modern (post-christian) way of thinking. It is simply beings acting in ways that align with their nature.
I realize some of the stories may be partially or even wholly false since most (or all? I can't remember) were written down post-christianization of Iceland. However, they do still help as a basis to work from.
These roles also explains better, for me at least, the ability for each of the spirits/gods/entities involved to change. They shift with us and with the forces that they embody as time moves on. They are not stuck where the old tales left them, they have shifted too.
I mainly work with Loki and Sigyn in the Norse pantheon, so I'm sure there is something that can be added or adjusted in this view. But this is a way I've been thinking of things in a sense. Please add if you have something!
Loki's Joy
Sigyn, adored by Loki. π
For the Logyn art tourney.
I have this selfie I took from when I shattered my right leg into four pieces and was like crawling across the ground, and I thought βwow I bet I look sooooo sad right nowβ, and anyway whenever Iβm asked to supply a photo for like an interview or a book announcement Iβm so tempted to give that one

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Yes. Yes I've heard tumblr is dying again. I will perish with it etc etc but LOOK WHAT MY WIFE FOUND AT THE THRIFT STORE
Our very own fish mold <3 for the wall and (soon) for evil jello <3
Where will I post shit like this if they destroy my habitat???
how it feels
accepting the whole autism thing has actually brought me so much calm, because when I was kid everyone seemed instinctively repulsed by me and I never understood why. ESPECIALLY the adults! which is a little fucked, because who are you supposed to go to about bullying if the teacher is participating? and even my family members seemed disgusted by me on some level, so I was like a cartoon parody of a human being where my closest friends were my pet rats. but reading studies on autism now, and learning about the double empathy problem, and about how neurotypical people ARE repulsed by autistic people in an uncanny valley sort of way and DO dislike them upon first encountering them (unless, ironically enough, theyβre told that theyβre autistic) - thatβs actually been so cathartic. especially now that Iβm older and have an okay-ish handle on masking, and so am no longer live in a nightmare world where literally everyone in my life seems icked the fuck out. I donβt have to discount my early memories. I can be like ohhhhh yeah thatβs just something that happens. I didnβt do anything particularly bad and itβs not that I wasnβt trying, I was just born with the cursed sigil on my forehead. like ohhhhh they were reacting to the curse, ohhh okay, cool cool, thatβs actually fine. Iβm actually alright with that.
it also helps to look at old photos, because itβs like jesus christ, thatβs literally just a little kid. like nobody that small should think that theyβre that hated
This is so sad but also so relatable. Yeah, I hope we can heal through the undeserved fear, "ick," and hatred that people put us autistic children (now adults) through... πβ€οΈβπ©Ή
wait THATβS why my wife always says βson boy allowedβ about our cat??
happy 5 years to son boy allowed
always wild seeing my kitchen decor from over seven years ago cross my dash
son boy is in second grade and loves pokΓ©mon, gravity falls, and legos!
*having a rough day at work. So rough, that I might cry in the restroom*
Loki: "Why do you never ask for help? I am here to support you, little sparrow..."
Me: "Because i don't want to bother you. My little mortal problems are peanuts."
Loki: "But this peanuts clearly driving you nuts... aren't they?"
Me: "You always have a joke ready to make me laugh. Thank you"
Loki: "At your service. Just, please, talk to me"
Me: "I will tonight, thank you again."
He is just the sweetest, now i want to cry because i can't handle his cuteness
He is so sweet.

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I was considering my relationship with Loki, like I woke up thinking about it which always tends to be a sign he wants me to write something.
So, why am I devoted to Loki?
I could spend hours on a sentimental diatribe about Loki and about how much he and Sigyn in particular mean to me so I will try to be more logical about it. Less feelings, more logic.
I suppose at the heart of it is an acknowledgement of shared pain. Not that I would try to equate my pain to a deity's but I do understand that feeling of alienation/isolation he has. He always has to be somewhat on his guard, I think. One foot in both worlds, never truly accepted in either circle. Not an Aesir fully, not a Jotun fully. Even if he were I think he would be the same; Loki is a deity that sees value in having friends in high or (low) places. I do not know if he had never met Odin or if he had been born fully Aesir if he would be different personality wise.
What I do know is that I have felt isolation/the inability to fit in my whole life. Loki is a shapeshifter, I am not. I have always longed in some ways to have what most people have friends, family. I think Loki wants those things too, we all do. But, I know what it's like to constantly be on guard. To never fully show your true face to the world. I suppose it's some combination of cynicism and fear of being vulnerable.
If I am going to be deeply devoted to a god why wouldn't I want to follow a god that understands my experience?
You say you can't "trust" a trickster deity? Have you tried being respectful? Have you tried truly trying to understand them? Do you love them enough to see yourself in them? For them to see themselves in you?
Loki has never been anything but kind to me. Yes, he will test you. He will pull you out of your comfort zone but I think people equate that being tested and being uncomfortable equates to maliciousness and that's simply not the case. I have love in my heart for all "Trickster" deities. I've met a fair few and they are all different and though I do not speak but to a handful I've always found them willing to help and listen if you are serious about taking their advice if you ask for it.
I have made mistakes with Loki and each time I apologize very sincerely because I AM very sincere with my apology. Why would I want to hurt him? I don't take joy in hurting my friends and loved ones even though I inevitably will. I suppose that's part of being a Lokean too. Acknowledging when you have done something wrong, that your consquences have actions. People are not required to forgive if you've hurt them bad enough and you have to be able to accept that and move on. Just know that if you have made a sincere apology the best you can do is move on. In any case I have never regretted putting my self in Loki's hands and I never will.
"Invocation to Loki" has been published in Volume VII of Loki's Torch!
I'm incredibly excited to announce that the invocation to Loki I wrote at the start of my path as a Loki devotee, was published in Volume VII of Loki's Torch. π€ I'm very honored to have my work in an anthology alongside the writing and artwork of other Loki devotees. π¦π₯
You can find Loki's Torch Volume VII here:
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If I had a nickle for every angler fish monster whose lure is perceived as God by its prey, I'd have 3 nickles. Which isn't alot, but-
iron lung, eh?
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happy make a terrible comic day!!! i haven't stopped thinking about this post since i saw it. in 2018 a common merganser was spotted with 76 (SEVENTY SIX!!!) chicks!! that's SOOOO many baby. so much success.
Heres a picture btw
This is super Loki-coded for us queer, neurospicy Lokeans.
Sketch of Dame as Landsknecht