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to add onto your GoW idea feast, i think that atreus would deep down be so ashamed of his younger self and he would keep on bringing hunts and whatnot as a form of repentance/apology because he’s wayyyy too embarrassed to truly apologize face to face with reader, until he gets to ironwood where he gets a good talk with angrboda about prophecy. When he gets back and kratos gets all mad (rightfully so lol) he sort of explains how he wanted to come to terms with reader and make amends, kratos is taken aback and i think mimir would kinda play devils advocate there buuuuut he would definitely scold atreus. mimir’s dynamic with reader would be pretty much nonexistent lmao but he would lowk feel bad for reader, now i’m mostly curious when kratos would soften up and go see reader face to face again but that’d be spoilers (can’t be a cheeky lass lol) now now nowww for freya she always had that soft spot for reader as she always had for atreus and sometimes would think about asking about reader to kratos when it’s quiet at sindri’s house.

errr that’s what i could vomit lol hopefully it’s not straight dog water………😭😭😭😭

It's pretty obvious that Atreus would feel very embarrassed about the way his younger self acted, even if it realistically made sense in the moment. There are moments when Atreus wishes you were there to see him mature over is journey, and I think you're a motivator for him and his own personal growth as time passes, even if you're no longer in his life. I like to think that at some point Atreus attempts to reconcile with the excuse that he want's to recruit you against Odin. Like you said it would probably be at some point after leaving Ironwood. I could see Kratos growing close with you once again if you travel to Vanaheim with him, along with Freya. Speaking of which, I think she probably feels a lot of guilt for pushing you away, even if it was a result of her son's death.

Let me know if this sounds interesting, what you'd like to see, what characters, dynamics, stuff like that.

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You grew up in the Wildwood with your parents, outside the protection stave Faye put up, unknown to you or your parents. All you knew is that the further depths of the woods were too dangerous to explore. Being a mortal, your parents worshipped and looked to the Gods for guidance, but when you were five years old they were killed by raiders, leaving you alone to fend for yourself. After the passing of Winter, Faye found you in the woods and took in upon herself to guide and protect you, raising you as if you were her own, teaching you how to hunt and protect yourself. She told you stories of Kratos, her husband, and of the hopes she had for her unborn child. One day, Faye left, leaving you alone for months, only to return and invite you to meet her son Atreus. It was there when you met Kratos, a hardened and cold man, who you couldn't imagine was married to Faye.

After Atreus birth, you spent most of your time at Faye's home rather than the other way around. Faye taught Atreus alongside you, much to the annoyance of Kratos. Despite his frequent absences, he made it clear you were not truly part of their family.

Even so, you tried to help Faye with Atreus, wanting to be seen as useful. As he was a sickly child, you were often the only interaction Atreus had outside his parents, making him very attached. In turn, Atreus began to become a brother to you, even though you knew deep down you were not truly one of them.

When Faye died, you were fifteen and Atreus was ten, and you fully expected to watch Atreus and Kratos leave on their journey and return to your life of solitude, only for Kratos to outright demand you come with them. It made Atreus happy, so it made you happy. On the journey, you encountered and befriended many of those you thought you'd never meet, dwarves and gods, and despite his destructive nature, you began to see Kratos for the scared father he was deep down. Over the journey, you began to believe you were proving yourself, opening up and, while not befriending, coming to a mutual respect with Kratos.

Until Kratos revealed his true nature to Atreus. Over the journey, he began to view you, a mortal, as nothing but a distraction, something that does nothing more but get in the way. Deep down, you knew that Atreus wasn't fully wrong. You were no God, but you knew how to protect yourself, keep yourself safe, but you were no match to Atreus and his newfound Godhood, nor were you a match for Kratos's love for Atreus. In the end, you refuse to make your way back up the mountain, leaving the two as you find your way back to Freya's home. She cares for you for a while, before she learns of her son's presence in Midgard, leave you alone once more. She returns a shell of her former self, after all is said and done, you're forced to leave. Alone once again, you return to your home in the Wildwoods, where you keep your distance from Atreus and Kratos as endless Winter rains upon you.

You knew they watched over you, hunts appear at your door, the protection stave is extended to reach beyond your home, and sometimes, while the world is quiet, you can hear Atreus work himself up outside your door, only to leave without revealing himself. Before the stave was extended, Freya would find herself at your home, where she'd tell you stories of her son, her eyes distant and mind far away. You'd often believe she saw him in you, but perhaps that was just assumption. After the stave was extended, you never saw her again.

As a writer, I understand these feelings about "my old writing". I felt kinda cringe when I read mine.

I just wanted to say I really like your writing, thoughts. Actually, everything your mind can muster. The way you express feelings always touch my soul. And, of course, I think you are really smart, kind, gentle and patience with us in this app. But, most of all, I think you are adorable. Honestly, my favorite blog.

So, if one day you feel like never writing again, I will be happy just to hear your thoughts.

It's not that I don't like writing Yandere stuff anymore, it's just that I feel like fandom is very much a different space than it was years ago. I miss the days when I could release a concept and people would actually engage with it. Now, when I release a concept, it's "when is this gonna be a fic." If I release a fic, it's "when is this going to be a series." If I release a series, it's "when is part 2, or part 3, or part 4," and so on and so forth. I say "hey guys, I wanna talk about this, is anyone interested?" and I get radio silence. A month or so later I'll get people asking why I'm not writing for said thing anymore, or if my interest in said thing went away.

I don't want to get on here and just complain about the lack of interactions, but interactions are what fuels so many writers on here, and I just think as fandom has become more mainstream it's become way more normalized to treat writing as a form of content creation that people are "owed" rather than something someone is putting so much time an effort into. When I put so much time into writing a concept and all I get is people asking me to turn it into a series, I don't take it as a compliment, I take it as people pressuring me into writing something I'm not interested in, and I just don't have the motivation to do that anymore. There's also just a lot of personal reasons I want to slow down on writing, but that's not to share.

I think reader would wind up being watched+staying back with Brok and Sindri a lot, which puts another weird weight onto Kratos because despite his grief, he still worries over them. If he isn't there to protect them, who is? And then the second game???? UGH, the levels.

The angsty potential of GOW is the biggest reason why I wanted to write for it, especially when you consider how much family is integral to the stories of the games. Grief and the pain you experience, along with the fear that you'll pass down all your issues onto your child is very present. I think that Kratos sees the best parts of Fey but the worst parts of himself in Atreus, and so he remains so distant from him for a long time out of hope that he doesn't ruin him. I imagine he would feel the same for Reader, afraid that he could ruin something that good, just like he's bound to do with Atreus. They try their hardest to stay as useful and out of the way as possible, but sometimes staying with Brok and Sindri is the only option.

anyways cheers!

Atreus's ego face when he learns that he's a god was a big motivator from writing this AU because I find it the most interesting aspect of his relationship with reader.

Before Fey's death, reader is basically an older sibling to Atreus, learning and growing alongside him. Atreus looks up to reader because they seem so "grown up" compared to him, due to how independent they are. Since Atreus grew up sickly and often unable to do much when he was younger, it was through reader that Atreus was able to learn and experience all the things that were often difficult for him. It was a relationship encouraged by Fey and then later discouraged by Kratos. When Fey passed, and reader assumes that they aren't going to be let along their journey, they're only really allowed to come along because of Atreus. When he learns that he's a God, I imagine that Atreus starts to internalize a lot of his father's feelings for reader, especially the more negative ones. In his child mind, it makes perfectly sense that his father doesn't like them because he's a God, and why would a God care for a mortal? He uses that same thought process to justify his anger whenever you help him or treat him like a child. He wants to be treated seriously so badly, so when both you and his father are treating him like the sickly little boy he "used to be", it makes him so angry. With both Atreus and Kratos pushing them away, I see Reader distancing themself as the journey continues, and by the time the portal to Jötunheim is destroyed, Atreus blames reader, arguing that a mortal shouldn't be traveling with them anyway. I like to imagine that at this point, Kratos is actually warming up to reader, especially if they helped when Atreus fell ill.

Kratos's feelings are very complicated because they're built upon an intense hatred for himself and fear that he's going to ruin everyone around him. He felt that way with Fey, and once Fey changed him and made him into a better man, she died. He felt that way with Atreus, and he could see Atreus become the worst parts of himself. With you, I think he's reminded of Fey and the hope she had for the world and fears that getting close to you will mess that up, similar to how he was absent is much of Atreus's life for the same reason. In a roundabout way, he puts a lot of his anger and sadness at Fey's death on you, almost viewing you as this unwanted piece of their family unit. Kratos is untrustworthy and unwelcoming to those around him, and that doesn't not include you because you're a family friend. I like to imagine that Fey requests you spread her ashes with them after she's passed, and though Kratos doesn't want it, Atreus makes him, and the entire time you serve as a reminder that his family is broken.

What I find most interesting is the angst potential, with Kratos, a man who is terrified of being a parent, and Laufey, someone who desperately wants to live her life completely before her death, never agreeing or even fully articulating how they feel about you. You live in the woods near them, and for a long time, there's an understanding that you live and they live, and there is nothing more to it. But then your parents die, and now you're a child left alone in the world. Maybe you're not exactly a child, maybe you're a teen or young adult, but the point stands regardless. While Kratos travels, Fey grows close to you, teaches and guides you along with Atreus, and while you remain reserved and reluctant to all of this, you become a close friend to Atreus, something that some might call a sibling. Kratos hates it, finds your presence distracting and disruptive. His hatred is born from care, care for Atreus and Fey. All of this births a strange feeling in the household, where it's understood that you're more than a family friend but it's never exactly discussed. And when Fey passes, it's like that all explodes, and what's left are two broken people who are lost and confused.

Or would reader be alone? Ngl i would prefer to be by myself, i go insane without my personal space.

So in canon reader lives in a single dorm while at school, and while I've seen some people suggest that they would stay with apes since they're human ancestors, but I think that the Cherryton staff would care more about reader's safety in the light of Tem's murder rather than truly unifying them with animals.

Hope you have a nice day/night!

I think Zodyl views love through the eyes of an experiment rather than a genuine emotion. He doesn't process the feeling as something real inside him, but instead something to be tested and understood. He pushed you boundaries and the depths of both yours and his love for you as a way of "testing" how far each of you will go for each other. For him, his feelings for you always remain the same.

I stand by the fact that Zodyl is creepy. He stares at you for way longer than necessary, he asks personal questions about yourself as a way of seeing what's "too far", he knows too much about you. He doesn't express his emotions very clearly unless it's too overwhelming, so moments of "love" or "passion" are indistinguishable from moments of "sadness" or "anger." This doesn't mean that he doesn't feel love, it just means that Zodyl won't show it clearly. It's likely that Zodyl knows of your feelings before you ever know of his, and he prefers it that way.

Surprisingly or not, I don't see him as being as manipulative as Tamsy, mainly because I think Zodyl skips the manipulations all together and expresses things honestly. If he gets to a point in his "experiment" where he concludes that revealing his true self would lead to a positive outcome, he does so without hesitation. It's so clear that it's easy to think he's joking in the begging, then you remember that Zodyl doesn't joke.

Love with Zodyl is one filled with mystery, not because he's purposefully keeping things from you like Tamsy, but because he's naturally a mysterious person. Zodyl doesn't express himself, because either he's entirely too focused on his own goals, or because there's nothing to express in the first place. He's honest almost to a comedic degree, because if you get to the point of actually being in a relationship with Zodyl, he's trusting you completely.