I wish I were a girl again, half-savage, and hardy, and free.

The daughter of a legendary thief, who sewed winter coats out of stolen purses. Herself a thief, pickpocket, swindler. The savior who came to tear my life apart. My Tamako. My Sook-hee.

A Jumanji can be dangerous and high-stakes (to the characters), but it doesn't need to have a metaphor or lesson, it can easily just be a "Would this be fucked up or what?" situation (e.g. a lotta Goosebumps stories). If there IS a lesson/metaphor, it will be on a smaller scale like psychological issues (e.g. Magnus Archives), family/relationship issues (e.g. Zathura), or about a specific topic (e.g. Magic School Bus). Large-scale social issues may be present (after all, Everything Is Political), but they take a definite backseat.

saw

the cabin in the woods

labrynth (1986)

and

'The Subtle Knife' by Rovina Cai.

So excited for this game, and wanted to share my first thoughts.

Is the afterlife of the gods going to be something like the MCU's Void, a mix-match of gods from different pantheons each wanting territory?

The two antagonists we see are Begtse, the Mongolian god of war, and Sekhmet, the Egyptian goddess of war.

In Egyptian Mythology, Sekhmet was created to punish humans for no longer respecting him, but she went too far and nearly wiped them out.

In this universe, was she killed by Ra when he got a change of heart and she refused to stop and was sent here?

Are we going to see other slain gods from different mythologies?

Like Tiamat, Baldur, Izanami, etc?

We see two gods of war, and I can't help but wonder if we're going to see more of them, like they're the most aggressive of the bunch.

Which would lead Faye to see how much of an outlier Tyr was.

And ofc, are we going to see Athena in this, another war goddess and one of the biggest ghosts that haunt the narrative?

And if so, will this game not only be the focused on Laufey but opening up to the larger lore of the God of War universe?

This one hurt, her work had such a profound effect on my life, thoughts, and politics.

May her memory be a blessing