Hope for the best, prepare for the worst

So, they don't really understand bio-waste

They see their precious mortals going to the toilet, and just assume they're falling apart

And the time has finally come, to fix this

­The seven seals are open, the seven trumpets are blown and the angels of the abyss have come to put your shit right back inside.

The God of War Laufey gameplay trailer came out just yesterday- and I was genuinely so hyped. Not only was the combat and visuals an absolute masterpiece, but the lore potential was insane. The mask Faye looked at was the mask Odin was trying to look through- meaning Odin was trying to study the 'Everywhen'/Afterlife of the gods. There's crossovers between different mythologies- and not only that, but we get to see HER memories of Kratos from HER perspective. We get to see her life- her legacy- from HER perspective. Not just her best traits- but also her flaws, her deeper thinking, her fears, and perhaps even a further look into her life before she met Kratos. But the MINUTE I hop on YT or social media? Every video and their mother is yelling "WAAAAAHHHH THIS ISN'T REAL GOD OF WAR BECAUSE THE MAIN CHARACTER IS A WOMAN, THIS IS FORCED DIVERSITY" The mere existence of a woman protagonist to you is 'forced diversity?'

I'm genuinely sick of people doing this. Y'all did this with Ghost of Yotei. Y'all did this with Supergirl. Y'all did this with MJ in Spiderman 1 and 2's Insomniac games because she was an important character. Y'all did this with almost ANY character who was a minority in literally ANY way, shape or form- and it's genuinely exhausting to see. If y'all don't like the upcoming God of War game because you prefer the source material? Okay- fine. Just as people are allowed to like things, people are also allowed to dislike things.

But if you don't like it JUST because Faye's a woman? Feel free to block and unfollow me- I don't give a damn. Because that's not an 'opinion,' that's just straight up sexism. If you call the existence of a realistically written woman main character in a game 'forced diversity,' it'd be easier for you to say that you consider women accessories or novelties and not actual fucking people.

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?

DO YOU PICK UP THA PHONE