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✶ .　he said "draw me like one of your french girls", i said "bet"

just kidding, but not really. this art piece is a submission for the Lokean & Norse Chat Discord Server Art Contest!

heavily referencing the greek statue of Bacchus eating grapes as well as other references (like the sofa).

you can also say this is my contribution and devotional art for Lokabrenna & July for Loki, so yeah! hope you all like it <3

If this little book should see the light after its 100 years of entombment, I would like its readers to know that the author was a lover of her own sex and devoted the best years of her life in striving for the political equality and social and moral elevation of women.

This whole "Loki is evil" thing came out of the dualistic Christian worldview (and seeped into modern heathenry) and it ignores the fact that Loki and Odin were/are/will-be friends and blood-brothers, and really have more in common than not.

Thank you, Trickster,

for making me laugh

on the darkest days

for wrapping me up

in a warm embrace

when I’m scared 

or vulnerable

Thank you, Trickster,

for telling me to

question all,

to get back up whenever I fall,

for helping me find 

my own inner strength

Thank you, Trickster,

for showing me

when to allow myself 

the chance to change

when to tear it all down

and when to plant my

feet firm

when to fight with my teeth

and when to fight with my words

when to cling to something

and when to let it all burn

thank you, Trickster

Thank you, Trickster, 

for sharing with me

this sacred rage

helping me carry

this raw pain

for being a spark 

of my liberation flame

thank you, Trickster

Thank you, Trickster,

whose presence of 

chaos and laughter

and darkness and light

has been with me 

for so much of my life

thank you, Trickster

Thank you, Trickster,

teller of hard truths

whisperer of the lies

I need to hear

flame-dancer

wind-prancer

father of Fenrir

mother of Sleipnir

guide and friend

god and Jotun

bringer of love and light

and warmth

as well as deceit, darkness,

and the cold of the 

mountainous land

in which

you were born

you help me to see

my chains, Trickster,

you help me set me 

free

when I am afraid to step, 

you push me

make me leap

thank you, Trickster,

you mean so much 

to me

god of change, chaos, 

liberation, the in-between,

quick wits, vengeance, laughter, 

the god of trickery